home-alone
Britishadjective
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Though the whole album is a studio production, “Originals” has a home-alone spirit, while “Unlocked” heads for the car and the club.
From New York Times
The harder, longer, home-alone slog is just beginning and could last two months.
From Washington Post
During its slow decline, it went from being a going-out shirt to a home-alone shirt.
From New York Times
It features the home-alone president chasing after Hillary Clinton’s car, holding a brown paper bag, yelling, “Wait, wait, wait! You forgot your lunch!”
From Washington Post
One pictures the home-alone president, forlorn among Melania Trump’s red Christmas trees in the echoey executive mansion, padding about in bathrobe and slippers, a 72-year-old Kevin McCallister without the resourcefulness to ice the back steps or put ornaments under the windows.
From Washington Post
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