Example Sentences

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Plant-based dinner with the homies We love going to this spot called Salaya in Thai Town.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

UAW counsel Benjamin Dictor on Sunday morning posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter: "All my homies hate companies that won't agree to fair contracts for their workers."

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023

He’s escorted to a cordoned-off section of the room, which is kind of confounding since the 75 or so people in attendance are either his colleagues or homies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2023

The next time Boyle saw Fernandez at Homeboy he was not encouraged, because Fernandez arrived “deep,” street slang for surrounding himself with other homies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

“They’re not your homies if you gotta hide from them,” I say.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas