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[hohm] / hoʊm /






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That is in stark contrast to high-flying Brighton, who have already scored 23 top-flight goals and visit Anfield on Sunday, where Liverpool are awaiting their first home win in the Premier League under Andoni Iraola.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

A portrait of the actor David Harewood hangs at the family's stately home, Harewood House in northern England, after it was discovered that his ancestors had worked on Lascelles family sugar plantations in Barbados.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I just told her: 'If you go home today, don't come back,'" he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The CEO’s next message to staff told most to stay home the following day, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Dad checks his social media and lets us know that there was another dummy found in the same position—at the home of the president of the group who bought the building.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

With no mains gas supply in Middleton-in-Teesdale, most homes in the area rely on heating oil to keep warm, meaning residents can face bills of more than £1,000 at a time to fill their tanks.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The success of solar power, particularly the installation of photovoltaic panels on homes and businesses, has created sharp fluctuations in electricity supply, which often exceeds demand during daylight hours.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Thousands of homes across the island of Ireland are without power as Storm Boelo hits.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

In Europe, Starlink mostly serves broadband for homes, businesses and airline passengers, as well as limited but growing military use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

He goes out often to survey the damage, standing with people who’ve lost their homes, crying with them.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The studio has homed multiple productions including Edinburgh set Netflix show Department Q.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lacks-Kelly says his team has homed in on 27 of the country's worst offenders for hare coursing and all but five of them have links to organised crime.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

In recent years, both BMG and Concord have homed in on music acquisitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

In a conversation with the Bulwark’s Tim Miller immediately following Spanberger’s response, Buttigieg pointed out Americans’ anxieties surrounding affordability and homed in on a way to call out the GOP’s hypocrisy.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

Arya watched and listened and polished her hates the way Gendry had once polished his homed helm.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

"Rich pickings", reads the headline of the Sunday People, homing in on campaigners who argue that a wealth tax "could help so many".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The two sides are homing in on a digital agreement and Canada could relatively easily join Europe’s Erasmus education exchange program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Buyers from around the country — especially Texas, Vegas, Arizona and L.A. — are homing in on Orange County.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

But homing in on the annoying and self-defeating aspects of it misses the real story of how the movement changed American society, and the world, for the better—and how Lindy West did too.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026

His homing radar was tingling like crazy now.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan


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