hometown

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Zulmi was buried in a military cemetery in his hometown in Bandung, West Java, while Ichwan and Farizal were laid to rest in their respective hometowns in Central Java and Yogyakarta.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

During a late-March event held in Fairey’s hometown of Charleston, S.C.,

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

He opened a coffee shop in his hometown of Blackwood, south Wales, and has since opened another in Merthyr Tydfil, as well as supplying coffee to stores across Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

They were about twenty miles from their hometown of Cedar, Washington, rumbling along a winding highway.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis