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homeland

[hohm-land, -luhnd] / ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
fatherland
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With less than three minutes on the clock, prop Thomas du Toit, heading back to his homeland from Bath this summer, muscled through Ellis Genge and Ollie Chessum to score from close range.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

They transformed the unimaginable horrors that began with their theft from their homeland into constitutional principles expansive enough to protect people they would never know and generations they would never live to see.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

But in 2024, he put in a request to switch allegiance to his parents’ homeland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

"It is unreal and a dream come true," said Irankunda, born in a Tanzanian refugee camp in 2006 to Burundian parents who had fled their homeland because of a civil war.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Its aims were clear: no Jewish homeland without the Torah at its center; therefore, no Jewish homeland until the coming of the Messiah.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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