belonging

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The BBC has discovered Bush also kept more than 1,000 items, including love letters, baby clothes and treasured possessions belonging to the dead and their families.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

For attendees like Schoepke, that sense of belonging is as important as any speech from the main stage.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Two container vessels belonging to China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping were turned back from crossing the roughly 20-mile chokepoint Friday, according to ship tracker MarineTraffic and Chinese crew members nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

President since 2024 after an election held following the death of former president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Pezeshkian is seen as belonging to the more moderate wing of politics in the Islamic republic.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“We swam in the Roman swimming pool, we bicycled over country roads, we drove occasionally in the Stutz Bearcat belonging to a young bachelor engineer,” she remembered.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield