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He lived in his small hometown about 20 miles west of Comanche and was gaining something like fame as the youngest contestant on Mudcats, a reality TV series about Oklahoma catfish noodlers.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In and around his hometown of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the western state of Maharashtra, Dipke is routinely thronged by people wanting to shake his hand or take a photo.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In June 2014, Lucas and Hobson instead selected Hobson’s hometown of Chicago, where then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered a 17-acre lakefront site south of Soldier Field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

And also the large population of his hometown.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Still, young Singaporeans have shown growing interest in connecting with their heritage, from learning the dwindling dialects of their grandparents to taking lessons and organising trips to ancestral hometowns in China.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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

Unable to return to the south, some displaced families are sharing the cost of purchasing satellite images -- at $140 -- to catch a glimpse of their hometowns.

From Barron's ● May 22, 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