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evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuating
Madera said from personal experience, evacuating in such a short time can be overwhelming.
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Amy Johnson, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The evacuating Crew-11 includes NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
While firefighters were evacuating residents from the apartment building, other crews were sending water into the burning building, which wasn’t extinguished until the roof collapsed and crews could hit the flames directly.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
At a recent event providing health services to those affected, MusiCares says many participants shared stories of evacuating with only a few minutes notice, forcing some to leave behind their means of livelihood – instruments and studios, some of which the organization has helped to replace.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Staying put rather than evacuating was one person’s demise and another’s salvation.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant has started evacuating per the UAW Local 862 president Todd Dunn, out of a safety precaution, not because of immediate danger.
—Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Armed police officers were seen running down the platform at the station, evacuating passengers while looking to neutralize any ongoing threat, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
The Doctors Without Borders emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March 2025 after armed men opened fire on four of the organization's vehicles that were evacuating staff from the center.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Amy Johnson, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
The evacuating Crew-11 includes NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
While firefighters were evacuating residents from the apartment building, other crews were sending water into the burning building, which wasn’t extinguished until the roof collapsed and crews could hit the flames directly.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
At a recent event providing health services to those affected, MusiCares says many participants shared stories of evacuating with only a few minutes notice, forcing some to leave behind their means of livelihood – instruments and studios, some of which the organization has helped to replace.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Staying put rather than evacuating was one person’s demise and another’s salvation.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Ford Louisville Assembly Plant has started evacuating per the UAW Local 862 president Todd Dunn, out of a safety precaution, not because of immediate danger.
—Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Armed police officers were seen running down the platform at the station, evacuating passengers while looking to neutralize any ongoing threat, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
The Doctors Without Borders emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March 2025 after armed men opened fire on four of the organization's vehicles that were evacuating staff from the center.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuating
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This limit determines how much material can fall to a body like a star or black hole before the radiation generated by that accretion pushes further matter away, emptying the central object's larder of gas and dust, thus cutting off its food supply.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Heat then went with a bench rotation of Jaquez, Ware, Fontecchio and Kasparas Jakucionis against the Warriors before emptying the bench late in the lopsided defeat.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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That wasn't the only basketball brawl in Kentucky this week, as a high school game had fisticuffs and benches clearing.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Is clearing snow off the windshield enough?—
Terry Baddoo,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Evacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuating. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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