homing

present participle of home

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Verb
  • Eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees are common homes for roosting monarchs, as those tree species provide adequate shelter from weather and predators.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The county said construction for the park would not take place within 200 feet of roosting sites for the bat, but provided no evidence to support that as a proper buffer, adding another inadequacy to the environmental review, Bacal said.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The largest Roman bathhouse complex ever discovered in the Netherlands has surfaced, shedding new light on the wealth and importance of the ancient Roman city of Ulpia Noviomagus.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
  • But a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health is shedding light on how those stories can come to redefine the American narrative decades after they’ve been lost, with a little help from popular media.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The move, aimed at securing Finland’s collective defense, roughly doubled NATO’s border with Russia.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • But when your livelihood depends on securing your next contract, raising concerns can feel incredibly difficult.
    Emma Pringle, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • If there was any threshold of flooding at which sheltering in place would be abandoned and campers would be instructed how and where to evacuate to higher ground, that plan would have been known only to the camp’s co-executive director, Dick Eastland.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • For those who prefer tenting with a partner, Tentsile is simultaneously launching an Organza-bodied Air version of its two-person Flite tree tent.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • According to the study, the first patient was likely exposed to an infected tick when camping in San Mateo and Marin counties in June 2004.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • About 150 miles from SoFi Stadium, south of the Mexican border, sits the hotel housing Iran’s World Cup team for its games at the Inglewood venue.
    Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • These three new cafes flip the script, presenting themselves first as coffee shops while housing other businesses within.
    Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The Jewish Film Institute is bestowing the actress and comedian with the Freedom of Expression award during the 46th iteration of the annual festival, during the July 18 west coast premiere of Hollywood Does Abortion.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • That means raising pay in real terms, not merely bestowing nominal bumps which can be wiped out by inflation.
    Randi Weingarten, Time, 11 June 2026
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“Homing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homing. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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