homeland
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The destructive ideological movements I left behind eight years earlier had crossed the ocean to my adopted homeland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The royal couple's return to Britain along with their children Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, marked the end of a long exile from Harry's homeland.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Now an Indigenous tribe is demanding a say in the fate of their ancestral homeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In December 2024, he named Anthony Salisbury, a 50-year-old career agent who’d run the agency’s Miami office, as a deputy homeland security adviser, reporting to White House policy chief Stephen Miller.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
As far as she could see into that endless silence, more of these ghosts were coming, thousands upon thousands, like refugees returning to their homeland.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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“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
Several hundred miles away, the traditional order in Scotland was turned over in 2007, when the SNP stunned the political establishment by beating Labour in another of its spiritual homelands.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 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
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these societies emerged to help immigrants, both settled and recent, to socialize, share work tips and give advice on adjusting to their new homelands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
When did the Bantu reach the former Pygmy and Khoisan homelands?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Human Geography - Middle School
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