hometown
Americannoun
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hometowns
plural
adjective
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But there is something else tied to his Jewish heritage that keeps things in perspective — the struggles his grandmother went through escaping liquidation at the hand of the Nazis in her Polish hometown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
As news of Parton's death spread on Tuesday, hundreds of Americans gathered in her hometown of Sevierville to pay homage to their native icon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton plays an angel tasked with changing the mind and heart of a wealthy woman set on selling her humble hometown to a mall developer.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
But this summer I took a trip back to my old hometown for their Pride festival, a tradition still in its infancy.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Harrison has gone to his hometown for a few days,” he said.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
None of their hometowns are closer than 2,199 miles from UCLA’s campus, with the farthest 3,010 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Since that $26 million refusal, Bare and Huddleston, two self-described “country hicks,” have become polarizing heroes of the rural campaign against the AI technology rewiring geopolitics, the economy—and now hometowns like theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Unable to return to the south, some displaced families are sharing the cost of purchasing satellite images -- at $140 -- to catch a glimpse of their hometowns.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Some jeepney drivers told the BBC they might go back to their hometowns to look for other jobs.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
“Well...we all use our hometowns as our names,” she said, thinking out loud.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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