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For instance the Serengeti in Tanzania is known worldwide for its safari animals and awe-inspiring wildebeest migration – and our work shows that around half of its grasslands burn each year. — Colin Beale, Quartz Africa, "Scientists say comparing the Amazon rainforest fires to burning grasslands in Africa is misleading," 31 Aug. 2019 One morning in 2017, during the height of spring migration, volunteers with Lights Out Cleveland picked up 255 birds, most of them long-distance travelers en route to Canada or Alaska from Central or South America. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Lights Out Cleveland group stands up for birds by turning down the lights," 30 Aug. 2019 In many ways, the migration of the Mlynov descendants to Baltimore is a microcosm of the waves of immigrants, many of them Jewish, that came to the United States from Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. — Jonathan Pitts, baltimoresun.com, "Immigrants from a Russian village flocked to Baltimore, changing its history. Their descendants are celebrating.," 21 Aug. 2019 Officials say the peak time to view the migration is mid-September near Comanche National Grassland south of La Junta off U.S. Highway 109. — USA TODAY, "Smokey Bear, tarantula trek, censoring Adam and Eve: News from around our 50 states," 9 Aug. 2019 The massive migration is taxing border patrol agents. — Norah O'donnell, CBS News, "McAleenan concerned border crisis just a "political issue" for some," 18 July 2019 There are several database standards, but migration between them isn’t simple. — Teresa Dietrich, Quartz at Work, "How to stay focused on the business decisions that matter most," 26 June 2019 Some Hispanics in Congress and their liberal allies have argued that the mass migration is a result of President Donald Trump’s misguided policies. — Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com, "House Democrats release $4.5B plan to address migrant surge at border," 21 June 2019 Hyena migration While hyenas evolved in Eurasia, Chasmaporthetes is part of a lineage that made it into North America about five million years ago and spread all the way down to Mexico. — John Pickrell, National Geographic, "Hyenas once stalked the Arctic, fossils reveal," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'migration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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