back home
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: in one's hometown : in the place one is from
Peopleback home would never believe how much he has changed.
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Boll is now back home in Minnesota recovering his injuries.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
Stefany Pereira started a GoFundMe to raise money to get Garay Sanchez back home.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Kast — who will be Chile’s most right-wing president since the fall of dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1990 — has vowed to deport all undocumented migrants, including thousands of Venezuelans who have flocked to Chile to escape economic freefall and political repression back home.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
What stunned her most was that none of the cookies ever made it back home.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
Stefany Pereira started a GoFundMe to raise money to get Garay Sanchez back home.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Kast — who will be Chile’s most right-wing president since the fall of dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1990 — has vowed to deport all undocumented migrants, including thousands of Venezuelans who have flocked to Chile to escape economic freefall and political repression back home.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
What stunned her most was that none of the cookies ever made it back home.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Back home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20home. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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