belonging
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Her ex-fiancé feared that the same person would continue to “misappropriate” items belonging to the actor’s estate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Starting in late 2023, Oimakhmadov’s Binance account had received more than $10 million from digital wallets later identified by Israel’s Defense Ministry as belonging to the IRGC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Earlier this year, he was acquitted in a second trial of 241 counts of illegally accessing email accounts belonging to a number of sports bodies in Portugal, including Benfica.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Malibu, an enormous sink hole emerged in the driveway of a home belonging to Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage when pounding waves from a nearby hurricane eroded the coastline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“It was a reporter,” he said, “the fellow from the County Chronicle. Was it true, he said, that the boat belonging to the late Mrs. de Winter had been found?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
The all-clear sounds at 2:27 a.m., and people along the platform begin to pack up their belongings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
She returned when Ross was not home to gather her belongings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos trudged through murky floodwaters in Bangkok's east -- knee-deep in some areas of a grocery store parking lot -- floating their belongings in plastic tubs alongside them, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
While speaking to The Cut in 2025, Ortega recalled going through belongings at the property when she discovered an old toothbrush that had belonged to an ex.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
We dug out our spare uniforms and our personal effects, hung our belongings on nails from the wall to keep them off the damp floor.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
