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Recent Examples of evacuee
In the most recent episode, which aired Feb. 25, some surprising sparks seemed to fly as James (Arjay Smith) worked with Kylie (Maria Zhang) at a shelter that was set up for evacuees during a wildfire.
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Julia Moore, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Locals had been ordered to evacuate earlier that day but by Sunday afternoon, the Horry County Fire Rescue said Carolina Forest evacuees could return home.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Southern California's 211 network later would leap into action in a similar way, assisting thousands of evacuees from the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles find emergency housing, financial aid and community resources as their communities burned to the ground.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Egypt and Jordan both accepted Palestinian refugees after they were displaced during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of the state of Israel, and Egypt has now taken in at least 100,000 Palestinian medical evacuees and other people who fled Gaza.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Julia Moore, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Locals had been ordered to evacuate earlier that day but by Sunday afternoon, the Horry County Fire Rescue said Carolina Forest evacuees could return home.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Southern California's 211 network later would leap into action in a similar way, assisting thousands of evacuees from the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles find emergency housing, financial aid and community resources as their communities burned to the ground.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Egypt and Jordan both accepted Palestinian refugees after they were displaced during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of the state of Israel, and Egypt has now taken in at least 100,000 Palestinian medical evacuees and other people who fled Gaza.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuee. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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