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Twenty captives were crossing over Israel’s border to jubilant homecomings, but Bipin wasn’t among them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

In cities, towns and villages across Ukraine, bleak homecomings for the dead are a ritual as old as war.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023

She and Chambers said they have remained close to the community, attending homecomings and making donations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

The Seahawks had hoped Sunday’s game could be the happiest of homecomings for practice squad linebacker Aaron Donkor, who is from Gottingen, Germany.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Ben awoke and heard the unsteady voice of his father raised in a song that in the history of late-night homecomings was a traditional chant of warning.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy