stomping grounds
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Last year’s “A Complete Unknown,” directed by James Mangold, tracked Bob Dylan in his West Village stomping grounds in the early 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
Even from a young age, she was encouraged to treat the entire city as her stomping grounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
The group members, back in their regular stomping grounds, are now performing around South Korea and working on new music.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024
The fossil came from the same stomping grounds as T. rex, they noted, and wasn’t really a match for Gorgosaurus either.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2024
Lots of people thought Captain Kidd might have buried loot on the Elizabeths, well within his stomping grounds, but no one who had gone digging for treasure out here had ever found any.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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