How to Use familiar ground in a Sentence

familiar ground

noun
  • Without both, the logical choice is to retreat to safer, more familiar ground.
    — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For advertisers, that is familiar ground.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • And they’re set to bring new triumphs and losses to more familiar ground in the years ahead, from France to the United States.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Houses like Clark’s are familiar ground to Campa-Najjar.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • Same Format, British Cast Fans of the American version will find familiar ground here.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The results return both men to familiar ground in a resort town still debating short-term rentals, Coastal Highway safety and a wave of council vacancies.
    — Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • For Yeon, the decision to revisit zombies wasn’t about retreading familiar ground but finding the right vessel for exploring modern anxieties.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Vienna is familiar ground for Eurovision.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Any work that grapples seriously with the idea of redemption must also mine into darkness, and the early tracks of Hurry Up Tomorrow find the Weeknd revisiting familiar ground.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • After last week’s rather awkward tribute to TikTok, Dancing with the Stars returned to familiar ground Tuesday with its popular Disney Night.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • To observe production of a movie with a plot that goes delightfully off the rails in more ways than one, EW visited the set of Shankman's new production on familiar ground in November 2025.
    — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Israel will be treading over familiar ground in southern Lebanon, enjoys intelligence superiority, operational superiority, and has the backing of partners in Lebanon.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Patrick Boyland The Grim Reaper appears at Goodison The end of Moyes’ brief Manchester United tenure — which lasted little over nine months from July 2013 to April 2014 — came in painful fashion, and on familiar ground.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

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