"stomping ground" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2001, Jeanette Monroe, Below Ground, iUniverse",
          "text": "What would bring her there? He knew that she wanted something because this area of town wasn't her usual stomping ground.",
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          "ref": "2009, Gemma Townley, The Importance of Being Married, Hachette",
          "text": "‘So, out in Soho. Does that mean you live centrally, or is Soho just your Friday-night stomping ground?’ ‘My stomping ground?’ I looked at him in surprise, then forced a smile onto my face. ‘It's my flatmate's stomping ground really. We live in Islington.’",
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          "ref": "2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 50",
          "text": "Leaving the 'Cross, I watch dozens of workers preparing the ground for the remodelling of the approaches, before passing my old North London stomping ground.",
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          "ref": "2023 February 27, Elle Hunt, “‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "After 11 seasons set in Seattle[…] Frasier is returning to Boston, to reconquer his old Cheers-era stomping ground.",
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        "Synonym of stamping ground"
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