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My spring pea soup — peas, stock, cream, dill, black pepper and lemon zest — absolutely does not belong in the oven.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
But the bone found on the Welsh side of the channel by Jonathan Bow turned out to be the first found there to belong to a different type.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Public golf courses belong to the public, and residents shouldn’t have to compete with brokers buying up tee times just to turn around and sell them at inflated prices,” he said in a statement Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Sea spiders belong to an ancient lineage that arose roughly 500 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
‘What do you mean? The Forest doesn’t belong to anyone -‘ ‘It does now,’ snapped the young man.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
The company belongs to an emerging industry of biosecurity startups in the AI era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
FoodNeverComes belongs to a new internet genre: "dopamine sites", which recreate the rituals of consumption without the consumption.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
ABT-263 belongs to a class of experimental drugs known as senolytics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Or what if the barrette belongs to somebody else with the initial N?"
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Instead, zhelestids appear to have belonged to a very different branch of early mammals, overturning an interpretation that was based largely on fossil teeth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Harry belonged to a generation that gave everything so that we could live in freedom. His quiet bravery, and his remarkable life, will not be forgotten," they said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
While speaking to The Cut in 2025, Ortega recalled going through belongings at the property when she discovered an old toothbrush that had belonged to an ex.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
El Adli said the fossils likely belonged to an animal from one of two extinct mammal families that roamed North America during the Uintan North American Land Mammal Age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The farthest farmhouse belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Payne.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
A church bell can sound within earshot of a mosque's call to prayer; a shrine belonging to one faith can draw followers of another.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
To determine when the ability developed and how it changed over time, the team retraced lactoferrin's evolutionary history and reconstructed versions belonging to its extinct ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 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
That wisdom becomes less funny the farther you stand from whatever a workplace has already decided looks like belonging.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Others were crossing in the small boats belonging to the Anyuak tribesmen, who used them to fish on the river.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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