How to Use back home in a Sentence
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But the two have (of course) never considered the possibility of being together, a thread that gets steadily teased across their trip back home from school.
— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024 -
While the Argentine ants back home enjoy a richly diverse gene pool, the marauding travelers seemed to have far more in common with each other.
— Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 -
By the time he was deployed, the war was over and he was sent back home.
— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024 -
The team would’ve been on a plane back home if not for that golden goal.
— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2024 -
Our poems are for all the lovers who want to make their way back home.
— Melania Luisa Marte, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024 -
And then, back home, the Dodgers offense wins in a laugher, 13-2.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Later, back home, Kleinklaus phones the shop and asks how much the urn costs.
— Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023 -
The mission aims to put humans on the moon for the first time since 1972 — and bring them back home with a splash.
— Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2023 -
After the shooting, Lopez got in his car and drove back home.
— Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Soon a news flash from back home — and then another — pierced the vibe.
— Ken Belson, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Lin's fans back home in Taiwan had to stay up well past 3:30 a.m. to see her fight.
— Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Kistler says the pelt may make a visit back home to the West Coast in 2025 for a meeting of the Coast Salish.
— Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024 -
The shoot was one of Rema’s first trips back home since his quick ascent.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024 -
Getting to film back home in England for six months, what was that like?
— Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024 -
There are also the costs of giving birth in Abuja that Aliyu didn't have back home.
— Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Help the kids back home who don’t see a future in basketball.
— Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023 -
Cruise on up into the Rocky Mountains, make friends with the bighorn sheep, then thunder across the Plains on your way back home.
— Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023 -
At the same time, there were some family issues back home in D.C.
— Michael J. West, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023 -
But back home, Americans saw the raid as a huge success.
— Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024 -
That close call prompted Nguyen and his wife to move back home to be near family.
— Brittanie Shey, Chron, 10 May 2023 -
On the field, the Orioles are back home after going 3-3 in their first two series to open the campaign.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Sometimes that meant sleeping in a parking lot after his shifts to save the 85-mile trip back home.
— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Some of the Hondurans killed in the shooting had lived in the U.S. for years, according to their families back home.
— Juan A. Lozano, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023 -
Every other week, Hunter commuted back home — a 10-hour drive — to work in the oil fields.
— Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 -
All five boys who ran away since mid-January have been sent back home, the sheriff said.
— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024 -
Her siblings had already stepped in, three of them living back home.
— Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023 -
Or, is this episode making a statement that the team is finally back home?
— Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024 -
This much relaxation will send you back home fully grounded and ready for the week ahead.
— Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024 -
Within 24 hours, that partner was already on a flight back home.
— Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2023 -
This was an excellent summary… happy to welcome him back home for a 3rd time!
— Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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