as in haunts
a place for spending time or for socializing
a major part of the fun of alumni weekend is visiting the old stomping grounds
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haunts
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Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.—
Celina Pereira,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Yin Mang to wax poetic and Capadonna to visit old haunts and walk down memory lane.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Stomping grounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomping%20grounds. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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