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fatherlands

noun

plural of fatherland

as in homes

the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely

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In Uvalde — where the scars of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting remain impossible to ignore — one person was killed and dozens of homes were destroyed, compounding years of the community’s collective grief.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Some homes were eerily frozen in time, with bowls still filled with food.

— New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of homes

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Regional Arab countries, including Kuwait, are almost entirely dependent on desalination for drinking water.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The ingredient, which has been used in Europe and other countries for years, provides broad-spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB rays.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 17 July 2026

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In less than a decade, wildfires destroyed forests across 95% of the tribe’s homelands.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Still, the majority of workers in the Gulf countries have chosen to stay given the absence of better economic opportunities in their homelands.

— Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026

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