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Under slightly different circumstances, it’s a storyline that could belong to her “Shrinking” character, Gaby Evans, a therapist who brings her sunny demeanor, audacious sense of humor and enviable stores of energy into every room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the 2024 American National Election Studies, for example, 21% of those who identify as working class have a college degree, only 5% belong to a private-sector union, and 37% own stocks.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The green cable boxes belong to BT Openreach.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It belongs to them equally, and, critically, it should belong to them at the same time.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
The beauty of an artwork doesn’t belong to the artwork itself, Wilde says.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Any use belongs in clinical trials or in carefully supervised medical settings, not in clinics selling expensive “immune boosts.”
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Almost the entire bill is heading in the same direction. One way or another it amounts to handing over our property, what belongs to us," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
It belongs to them equally, and, critically, it should belong to them at the same time.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
By July 20, damage was visible near the northern pier, which belongs to the state-owned company that oversees the emirate’s oil-and-gas sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It is not! This house belongs to us!”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
They also admitted all the suspect vehicles seen at the mall belonged to them.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Their quarrel was not over whether Arendt belonged to that people, but over what such belonging required of judgment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The red and white Victorian farmhouse had belonged to their friend, the late Steve Baker, who served as the city’s longtime historian and had packed the property with thousands of antique relics over his lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Reichl had found the language for something I had understood only emotionally: food journalism belonged in the larger conversation about labor, politics, culture and power.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The store, and all its contents, no longer belonged to our family.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
To investigate, the team collected mine water from a flooded uranium mine in the Ore Mountains belonging to Wismut GmbH.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Mr. Meyer begins with her apprenticeship in belonging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the Tver region, also north of Moscow, a drone hit a logistics centre belonging to Wildberries -- the Russian e-commerce giant heavily targeted over the past month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Moreover, the only currencies that have seen their share of reserves meaningfully grow over the past couple of years are smaller rivals belonging to the IMF’s “other currencies” category.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Wrapping my arms around my waist against the cold, I cross the street to the house belonging to Mrs. Veenstra and stand on the steps, my back facing Mrs. Janssen's home.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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