hometown
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He first fell in love with horror watching The Shining at a sleepover when he was 12 years old in his hometown of Arlington, Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rubio is to meet the new Colombian president in his stronghold of Barranquilla, a Caribbean port city more famous for being pop star Shakira's hometown than diplomacy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The 56-year-old Hollywood actor returned to her hometown of Swansea, where some of the filming took place for Amazon's Kill Jackie.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Any success they achieved rubbed off on my hometown, as it did during that magical 2002 run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mrs. Yunghans and Mr. Sharp, the hometown team’s two chaperones, came to join the players at the reading desk.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
On our recent visits to Ohio and Hokkaido, we were paying homage to childhood hometowns probably for the last time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
Eleven of those who died have been buried at the monastery, while the bodies of the others have been returned to their hometowns for burial, according to Megabe.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Since all three of us were originally from Philadelphia, we shared stories about how most people don’t know a real Philly cheesesteak when they eat one in their hometowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
I knew there were other senators with spouses who chose to live in their hometowns rather than in D.C.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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