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belong

[bih-lawng, -long] / bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /




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He said he was “in over my head” and often felt as though he didn’t belong.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

As a young veterinarian student, Jacob loses his parents in a tragic accident and jumps a moving train that just happens to belong to the Benzini Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Compared with better-known inflammatory substances such as histamine and cytokines, epoxy-oxylipins belong to a relatively underexplored signaling system.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

"These are wild animals, they don't belong in a cage."

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

I want every piece of me to belong in one place.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

One of them is the muon, a heavier relative of the electron that belongs to the second generation.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

It belongs to Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova, who ran a time of one minute 53.28 seconds at a meeting in Munich.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Rhys may have taken home lead actor Emmys for limited series and comedy series, but the award for best reaction belongs to Martin Short.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The lot where Fischer was buried belongs to the family of Gardar Sverisson, a close friend of Miyoko Watai, one of the claimants to the estate of Bobby.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Rather, he was implementing his business strategy by using AI, putting the emphasis where it truly belonged.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

In September, Walters moved out of his childhood home and rented a small house with Oxford that belonged to Oxford’s sister.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The tank belonged to GKN Aerospace, a company that supplies parts to the aviation industry, including aircraft windows.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Four-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ariarne Titmus said she thought the marketing tactic belonged to the past.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

“These boots belonged to my daddy,” I said, trying to keep my voice light.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

That improvement persuaded L.A.'s Natural History Museum to provide tiny portions of two teeth belonging to Thomas the T. rex, the most complete of the towering tyrannosaur skeletons displayed in the museum's dinosaur hall.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

It’s as simple as ABC: agency, belonging and cause.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

In July, OpenAI disclosed that AI systems being tested for cybersecurity capabilities had found their way outside a supposedly isolated environment and accessed systems belonging to Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

That translates into belonging in different spaces where I could have been uncomfortable in before, so it’s a great time to inhabit these characters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

It was a laptop belonging to an accountant from Edinburgh sitting in 4B who had the latest firewall installed.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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