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Recent Examples of repatriate
Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024
The aircraft will have to be repositioned or repatriated along with their crews, according to Air Canada.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
The 26 artworks are a mere fraction of the thousands that were plundered and have yet to be repatriated, but their return is still greeted with celebrations in the street and front-page coverage in the newspaper.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
The assumption was that the overwhelming majority would be judged to be economic migrants rather than genuine refugees and therefore repatriated to their countries of origin.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
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In 2024, the Peabody Museum reported repatriating the remains of 13 individuals and 25 burial items to the Santa Ynez Reservation in California.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024
The aircraft will have to be repositioned or repatriated along with their crews, according to Air Canada.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
The 26 artworks are a mere fraction of the thousands that were plundered and have yet to be repatriated, but their return is still greeted with celebrations in the street and front-page coverage in the newspaper.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
The assumption was that the overwhelming majority would be judged to be economic migrants rather than genuine refugees and therefore repatriated to their countries of origin.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
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Covered expatriates face unique challenges, including a potential exit tax.Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The capital of the only Grand Duchy in the world, Luxembourg City is one of the European destination with the highest rate of expatriates in Europe.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The officers involved received minor departmental discipline, but were cleared of criminal wrongdoing.Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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This specific gift set has a 2021 El Jabali Pinot Noir, a 2021 Caracol Pinot Noir and a 2020 Barrel Select Pinot Noir, all of which will be well received as a gift to any wine connoisseurs.Rachel Dube, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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An influx of refugees from Lebanon into Syria has further strained the country's systems, already weakened by over a decade of civil conflict.Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Vindman was born in Soviet-era Ukraine to a Jewish family and came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1979.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The report says at least 67 of the 314 children identified have been naturalized as Russian citizens, though the researchers say the actual number is likely higher.Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 3 Dec. 2024
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Adorno, for his part, was more interested in the ways in which the brute facts of commodity exchange were bolstered by myths that naturalized the capitalist world order, making any challenge to it seem as pointless as challenging the laws of motion.Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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But Trump went a step further, echoing incoming border czar Tom Homan on the idea that to avoid family separations, U.S. citizen family members of deportees should voluntarily leave the country, rather than be able to sponsor their family to remain in the United States.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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None of the deportees that Human Rights Watch interviewed were represented in their interactions with U.S. officials.Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
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The young girl's rescue is another example of migrants making dangerous journeys on boats to reach Europe, CompassCollective's Katja Tempel said.Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Under fire for admitting record numbers of migrants, Trudeau’s government recently slashed the annual total allowed into the country.Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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These plans included detaining undocumented immigrants in camps while awaiting deportation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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That statement ignores the fact that Central Park was also, at one time, the site of Seneca Village, an African American community with three churches, which was also home to Irish immigrants.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Many emigrants may be retirees, who don’t have occupational reasons to stay in the high-cost state and may have sizable equity in their homes to pocket for a move to a cheaper location; about 7.5 million of California’s residents today are older than 65.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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On May 21, 1849, C. F. Carl (Charles) Steinhagen, early Texas cabinetmaker and German emigrant, arrived in Galveston from Bremen aboard the Galliott Flora.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 May 2024
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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