homebody
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“It’s been very hard to decide to let it go. I’m a real sort-of homebody and creature of habit,” she shared.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
I’m such a homebody, so I typically work out at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Anderson described him as a "homebody" who "liked to gig around the home counties".
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Among them was Miah Banks, a 26-year-old hairstylist and mother of one from Azusa who eschewed her usual homebody nature to ring in the infant moments of 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
You could glance at Gus and never know he’d been sick, but I carried my disease with me on the outside, which is part of why I’d become a homebody in the first place.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
When you find one that is gracious enough to host you, it can feel like discovering a rare gem in a mine of homebodies and those siloed to their own friend groups or families.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
A nation of former homebodies has become one of zealous and moneyed international travelers, infiltrating every cobblestoned corner of Europe and rapidly filling lesser-known destinations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A year after racking up more miles than any team in the NFL, the Chargers are homebodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
If even a machine would rather lose itself in serialized fantasy than deal with other humans, doesn’t that mean the world’s homebodies and binge-watchers are on to something?
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
Maybe Melbourne's personality as a city of suburban homebodies and backyard tinkerers produced a culture conducive to BBSes.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
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