belongings

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Benjamin Henwood, a USC social work researcher and co-author of the paper, said that kind of instability can cause people to lose medications, documents, belongings and connections to outreach workers and care providers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Police found no drug paraphernalia, no traces of heroin in room 112, and nothing among Charmain's belongings.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

A suspect isn’t supposed to take belongings from a crime scene before the items are inspected and inventoried.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Green garbage cans were lined up along the entrance to the lot, for people to store their belongings in if they wanted to go into shelters.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

She knocked them off, getting several bites from the soldiers in the process, and hauled her belongings to the cliff.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer