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“A big percentage of them were belonging to unhoused,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Mr Jordan told them, though the ship was English, that he was a Portuguese merchant, and the goods were belonging to Portugal.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

There were belonging to the expedition over one hundred and twenty-five vessels of all classes, freighted with troops, horses, forage, and all the paraphernalia of war.

From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Very different from themselves these boys and girls were; belonging to another stratum of what is called society.

From The House in Town by Warner, Susan

And if they were belonging unto you, there would be no king under heaven to compare with you for power and fame and majesty.'

From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Gilbert, Henry