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Advertisement The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside immigration, which has become an emotional and challenging issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.
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Jill Lawless and Peter Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside mass migration, which has become a flash-point issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
In it, Shah uses the story of his family’s emigration from India to the U.K. to make the case that even political progressives who ardently disagree with Rishi Sunak’s policies should see it as a sign of progress that he was elected the country’s first Indian prime minister in 2022.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
But most Latvians have had some exposure to it — people often have ancestry in that part of the country, as there’s been a lot of emigration from Latgale.
—The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Jill Lawless and Peter Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside mass migration, which has become a flash-point issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
In it, Shah uses the story of his family’s emigration from India to the U.K. to make the case that even political progressives who ardently disagree with Rishi Sunak’s policies should see it as a sign of progress that he was elected the country’s first Indian prime minister in 2022.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
But most Latvians have had some exposure to it — people often have ancestry in that part of the country, as there’s been a lot of emigration from Latgale.
—The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigration
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House members of both parties are heading for the exits, but the exodus seems especially notable among Republicans.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Mass exodus from these and other key positions would be disastrous for our communities.—
Marj Halperin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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Read the story » What the war in Gaza has revealed about American Judaism: Isaac Chotiner interviews the journalist Peter Beinart about the story of Israel and the moral blind spot of the Jewish diaspora.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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As someone from the African diaspora, my excitement was tempered by Hollywood's long history of mishandling stories from the continent, turning rich cultures into tired clichés that make many of us cringe.—
Susan Akyeampong,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Authorities urged people to monitor emergency updates, prepare to evacuate by collecting important documents and medicine, and asked that anyone under evacuation orders promptly flee their home.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Parts of the county are now under evacuation warnings near the areas ravaged by the wildfires due to mudslides or debris flow.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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But there's little question that President Donald Trump's public comments appearing to accommodate Russia's President Vladimir Putin over a potential Ukraine war peace deal are a major departure from Joe Biden's confrontational stance against Putin.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Their more recent public displays of affection are a stark departure from years past, when the Prince and Princess of Wales were typically more stoic in their interactions publicly.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Energy and Commerce has undergone something of an energy policy brain drain in recent years with retirements and electoral churn.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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At Marathon, Elliott helped facilitate the addition of a new director, transition to a new CEO, closure of the gap in per barrel EBITDA with VLO, retirement of 50% of its shares outstanding since 2021, and sale of the Speedway retail operation for $17 billion in after-tax cash proceeds.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Emigration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigration. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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