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Finding the way back home is an important behavior across the animal kingdom.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

On our way back down, an Australian tourist strayed from the path toward a tunnel entrance.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

On the way back up, balancing a sack across my back, I arrived at 225.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

They eventually made their way back to Moscow and were reunited with their son, by then a teenager, in 1944.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

A full ten years ago, way back in 1927, Willem had written in his doctoral thesis, done in Germany, that a terrible evil was taking root in that land.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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