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stomping ground

  • a variation of stamping ground.
    stamping ground
    noun
    a habitual or favorite haunt.

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It's just a stone's throw from Asbury Park, the once blue-collar coastal town that was the icon's stomping ground and shaped his musical identity.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

A drubbing in her old stomping ground would be an ignominious way to end what has been a relatively successful campaign for Ms Haley.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2024

Akron’s own Chrissy Hynde beautifully and elegiacally captures the feelings of disillusionment that arise when you go home and — no thanks to industrialization and overdevelopment — don’t recognize your old stomping ground.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2023

The young Morse's return comes not a moment too soon, since a murder at the Oxford Concert Orchestra brings him to his old university stomping ground.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2023

She hated forging through a swamp that was obviously the stomping ground of a drakon.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan