belonging
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"Life-saving equipment, including a lifeboat belonging to the Tugberk Imamoglu which had 10 crew members on board, has been found at sea. Unfortunately, the crew members were not inside," it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Her memoir may therefore be less a political reckoning than a defence of belonging - an attempt to explain what the Nehru-Gandhi inheritance has meant to her, and why she believes it still matters.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Shuttle tankers belonging to Middle East state-controlled oil companies are hauling crude from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf of Oman.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The researchers used analytical techniques first developed by their team in 2024 to identify the footprints as belonging to Paranthropus boisei.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
More and more small valuables and family keepsakes belonging to the mice and their woodland guests vanished into the thief’s sack.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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I grabbed my belongings and headed up those 223 — or maybe 225 — stairs one last time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lawyers on Wednesday discussed when John Overdeck could retrieve belongings from the couple’s Short Hills, N.J. home, where Laura Overdeck still lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hari Prasad Rimal returned to his home in the village of Devighat, hoping to recover treasured belongings -- not least some jewellery and cash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Under the scorching heat on Tuesday morning, Torres del Limonar is a shattered mountain of rubble, with mattresses, furniture, and belongings peeking out from the concrete.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Each person is responsible for their own belongings.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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