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homecoming

[hohm-kuhm-ing] / ˈhoʊmˌkʌm ɪŋ /




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In the meantime, in the absence of a World Series, Trout deserves to enjoy his homecoming game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The startup is a homecoming of sorts for Faricy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Monday's free homecoming show was ahead of Smith releasing his debut album, My Mess, My Heart, My Life, on Friday.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

However, after a win over Karen Carabajal in London, her homecoming would take place at Dublin's 3 Arena with Croke Park's stadium chief executive Peter McKenna saying Taylor's promoter Matchroom would not cover security costs.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Imagine a homecoming football game taking place on the same day as the lacrosse, soccer, baseball, tennis, and cross-country championships.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Twenty captives were crossing over Israel’s border to jubilant homecomings, but Bipin wasn’t among them.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

In cities, towns and villages across Ukraine, bleak homecomings for the dead are a ritual as old as war.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2023

Kevin Coghill said that even with years of violence in the District, “I always thought that no matter what, homecomings and church services were places of nonviolence.”

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2023

For three school years, the pandemic brought masks, remote learning, canceled homecomings, sky-high absences, and, finally, death, when Ms. Smith, a beloved school secretary, succumbed to the disease.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2022

He wrote letters from New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago full of promises of homecomings, but there was obviously something wrong.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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