evacuation

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Recent Examples of evacuation Follow evacuation instructions without delay. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 There have been a growing number of cases, evidenced online, of travelers stopping to grab personal items and bags or recording the evacuation on their phones, the industry body says. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 The board said the crude oil spill caught little media attention, most likely because the media was consumed by a threat of explosion of noxious gas leaking from a chemical tank at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove that resulted in an evacuation of 50,000 people. Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 9 June 2026 Participants can also learn best practices for creating defensible space, protecting a home with fire-safe strategies, and creating an evacuation plan. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for evacuation
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Noun
  • India's growing reputation as an anti-artificial intelligence trade, combined with the economic strain of the prolonged conflict in the Middle East on the Indian economy, is leading to a record exodus of foreign investors from the country, experts said.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • With such a vast exodus of players, Kansas City’s front office had to go defense-first this offseason, adding defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga in free agency and selecting cornerback Mansoor Delane and defensive tackle Peter Woods in the first round.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • While fewer women in Ukraine are giving birth overall due to displacement, emigration and other factors during the war, a growing share of births are premature, according to data from the United Nations and recent scientific studies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • There’s lots of emigration because there are no jobs.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • If expectations and conditioning can ease withdrawal from caffeine, similar tools might one day help with dependence on other substances.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • This is because Roth IRAs allow withdrawals of your contributions penalty-free (there are, however, stipulations for withdrawing earnings).
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • The Brazilian diaspora, once-upon-a-time centered in midtown's Little Brazil, now has a wide footprint in the city.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • One person invoked the sporting rivalries of the Cold War as a reminder of soccer’s capacity to transcend conflict, yet acknowledged that the wounds of the January protests remained too raw for many in the diaspora to set aside.
    Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 31-year-old Lang was arrested Tuesday after getting off a flight in Dallas on one third-degree felony count of making a terroristic threat.
    Shawna Mizelle, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The team now plans stratospheric flights later this year, targeting altitudes above 40,000 feet—higher than typical passenger airliner cruise levels.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Afif has hit the double-figure totals in goals in seven of his eight seasons in the Qatari league, while Al-Haydos came out of retirement to play one last time for the national team.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • In a recent conversation with Peter Diamandis, an entrepreneur and executive chairman of the XPrize Foundation, Musk fleshed out his moonshot visions for the future, which have previously included work being completely optional and retirement becoming inapplicable.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Authorities said Carpiuc was arrested on May 17 in the departure lounge at Luton Airport moments before boarding a flight to Romania.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • For arrival and departure, the drive from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) ranges between 40 minutes to one hour.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • According to research firm Kpler, only seven ships on Friday passed through the strait — five entering and two exiting.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • Officers also reviewed security footage of the smokers’ exiting and re-entering the terminal.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026

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“Evacuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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