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Recent Examples of evacuate
But within seconds of being knocked back, the responding officers were back up, checking on each other and evacuating stunned residents — including several children — from the rubble of the home, the video shows.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Yates and Caputo had been evacuated via helicopter, then delivered to the vessel off the South Vietnamese coast and taken to the Philippines.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Another drone was fired at the same location as a military helicopter landed to evacuate the wounded but narrowly missed.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
By the time Prypyat was finally evacuated, thousands had been exposed.
—Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Yates and Caputo had been evacuated via helicopter, then delivered to the vessel off the South Vietnamese coast and taken to the Philippines.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Another drone was fired at the same location as a military helicopter landed to evacuate the wounded but narrowly missed.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
By the time Prypyat was finally evacuated, thousands had been exposed.
—Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuate
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Both head coaches emptied the bench to start the fourth.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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The wind was picking up, and the playground was starting to empty.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But state Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to vacate the lower court ruling that struck down lawmakers' 2023 map, citing the high court's decision earlier this week.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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And every district court that has considered the principal argument raised by the Plaintiffs here has granted a motion to postpone and/or vacate a termination of TPS for failing to comply with the requisite procedures for doing so established by Congress.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Shortly after the Iran war began, there were several weak Treasury auctions in which bonds cleared at higher-than-expected yields or drew insufficient buyer demand.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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When the dust cleared, De Lander was the one wearing the title around her waist.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Just a week after one woman on Jenner’s cleaning staff sued her, claiming her co-workers harassed and discriminated against her, another housekeeper has come out with allegations.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Mahan, who is running for governor, said in his official argument for Measure A that the revenue priorities include faster police, fire, and emergency response, as well as cleaning graffiti and maintaining parks.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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“Evacuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuate. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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