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homeland

[hohm-land, -luhnd] / ˈhoʊmˌlænd, -lənd /
NOUN
fatherland
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"Guaranteeing our naval and joint forces have the lethal firepower they need to deter aggression and protect the homeland is paramount," Cao said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Demonstrators carried Argentine flags and banners reading "The homeland is not for sale," an AFP correspondent observed.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Tibetans view swaths of China as their homeland, including the county of Kardze in Sichuan province on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau where Lobga was born.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

My homeland is a stranger’s checkpoint and, if they are lucky, their refuge.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

And the Maya indeed had stretched the meager productive capacity of their homeland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“We must remember them. It is their homelands, their well-being and their futures that are also at stake under the guise of ensuring compliance with the Coastal Zone Management Act.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

President David Adeang also floated the possibility of sending the immigrants -- some of whom advocacy groups say are refugees -- back to their homelands.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

This is the third survivor of a U.S. strike, after a Colombian and an Ecuadorean were rescued and repatriated to their homelands earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

Some things remained the same—specifically, the determination of settlers and the new republic to force Indigenous peoples off their homelands to make way for settlement.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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