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belong

[bih-lawng, -long] / bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /




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Fall is when cinephiles rub their hands together, crack their knuckles and say: Step aside, Spider-Man, now the screens belong to us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

For years, the Ames crater was thought to belong to a cluster of major meteor impacts across North America dating to roughly 467.5 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Many of the companies that supply hotel fragrances belong to the Switzerland-based International Fragrance Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The remains "belong to our two peoples", Radev said as he attended a ceremony to mark the return alongside Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Because it doesn’t belong to a house or an apartment.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Fe5GeTe2, discovered seven years ago, belongs to a family of materials known as van der Waals magnets.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

This minimizes the risk of traumatization while putting the investigative focus where it belongs, which is on establishing the conduct of those accused.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

In this vein, “Little Girl” fully belongs on the “Rubber Soul” box set, a collection that points towards the bold sense of artistry already taking hold of the band.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

While the marketing of these injections to biohackers and wellness consumers will keep generating debate, the peptide boom that matters to biotech investors belongs to a company most Tiktokers have never heard of.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But it can be harder to agree on what exactly belongs in this category.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

He belonged to a family of the founders of Be’eri.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But when Swaggart caught wind of the tryst, he saw an opportunity to topple his rival and took the matter to the Assemblies of God, the church fellowship both preachers belonged to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The women around El-Sayed belonged to the Woman Difference Collaborative, an invitation-only network of Black women faith leaders founded by the Rev. Jessica Ingram.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

A collection of early Oasis photos sold for £5,400 and a pair of leather shoes which once belonged to Noel Gallagher sold for £1,200.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Some were short, chaotic flashes: puzzle pieces that formed an answer about which realm the soul belonged in.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Earlier this year, he was acquitted in a second trial of 241 counts of illegally accessing email accounts belonging to a number of sports bodies in Portugal, including Benfica.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Malibu, an enormous sink hole emerged in the driveway of a home belonging to Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage when pounding waves from a nearby hurricane eroded the coastline.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

But growing up in Los Angeles, he found a sense of belonging in a multicultural community that gave him an appreciation for different cultures, cuisines and music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

One of the first calls Robinson made after his release on bail was to Matson, his friend and DU brother, using a phone belonging to his father, Paul Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Washington insisted that “any property obviously belonging to the inhabitants of these States, in the possession of the garrison, shall be subject to be reclaimed.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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