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Recent Examples of evacuation
The Pala Fire was stopped at 16 acres, authorities reported Tuesday, and evacuation orders were lifted, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Chris Boyette, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of residents were mandated to evacuate their homes, and many people are still under evacuation orders as the Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue to burn.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Column: The nightmare of evacuations for the elderly and disabled in the path of the fires.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Dave Chappelle not only touched on the L.A. County wildfires during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live but also spoofed the evacuations by pretending to be a criminal with a whole lot to hide.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
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Chris Boyette, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of residents were mandated to evacuate their homes, and many people are still under evacuation orders as the Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue to burn.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Column: The nightmare of evacuations for the elderly and disabled in the path of the fires.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Dave Chappelle not only touched on the L.A. County wildfires during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live but also spoofed the evacuations by pretending to be a criminal with a whole lot to hide.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuation
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The exodus of immigrant workers threatens economic stability, with recent analysis reporting that Florida's key industries employing undocumented workers could face annual losses of $12.6 billion.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The exodus from Cuba Border arrests of Cubans increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and after anti-government protests in 2021.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Great Famine that ensued, lasting from 1845 to 1852, marked a major crisis in Irish history that depleted the population due to death and emigration; around one million people died during this period, and closer to two million left the country.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, owing to the combination of widespread emigration, a plummeting birth rate, and civilian and military casualties during three years of war, Ukraine’s population has declined to 35 million, the United Nations reported late last year.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Context The withdrawals were announced in a legal filing late Thursday, which was first reported by NewsChannel5 Nashville.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump on his first day in office Jan. 20 issued a review of the federal government’s leasing and permitting practices for all wind energy projects in the U.S. and a temporary withdrawal of all areas on the outer Continental Shelf from offshore wind leasing.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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But members of the Pakistani diaspora have undertaken a vigorous lobbying campaign in the United States as Mr. Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or P.T.I., has been battered at home by arrests, crackdowns and censorship.—
Salman Masood,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Celebrated by Chinese diasporas and other East Asian populations as well as the Vietnamese, the occasion is also largely considered the most important holiday of the year for these cultures.—
Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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By Plane Culebra receives direct flights from San Juan, Ceiba, and the nearby island of Vieques at the tiny Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) near Ensenada Honda.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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The White House said deportation flights have also begun.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Johnson pursued other avenues within the professional football field in retirement, working as a panelist on the CW's Inside the NFL and co-hosting the Nightcap podcast.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The program will grant them access to insurance for sickness and maternity, work risks, disability and life, retirement, and for severance in advanced age and old age.—
Fernanda González,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Today show co-anchors began their second week working together after Melvin, 45, took over following Hoda Kotb’s departure earlier this month.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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At the stroke of pen, both presidents’ acts of clemency marked a stark departure from the status quo, stretching the already vast limits of the pardon power and raising alarm among critics and allies alike.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Evacuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuation. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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