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Recent Examples of evacuations
All mandatory evacuations were lifted Sunday, but low-lying areas and residences along the river remain on pre-evacuation orders.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Up to date evacuations are available on the Perimeter evacuation website.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The first evacuations were ordered Thursday afternoon, and two expansions Friday increased the evacuation zone to 21 square miles.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
In addition to some residential evacuations, which are updated on the Rio Blanco County and Garfield County sheriff's offices, the Lee fire led to the evacuation of nearly 200 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Mandatory evacuations are in place for specific zones in both counties, with additional areas under evacuation warnings.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Up to date evacuations are available on the Perimeter evacuation website.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The first evacuations were ordered Thursday afternoon, and two expansions Friday increased the evacuation zone to 21 square miles.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
In addition to some residential evacuations, which are updated on the Rio Blanco County and Garfield County sheriff's offices, the Lee fire led to the evacuation of nearly 200 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Mandatory evacuations are in place for specific zones in both counties, with additional areas under evacuation warnings.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuations
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The cities get quieter, the exoduses take place, and the publishing output slows to an almost complete halt.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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The bill would also require military aircraft to use ADS-B to transmit their location in most situations, including during training flights, which the Department of Defense currently opposes.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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American Airlines and Alaska Airlines also reported diverted or canceled flights over the weekend.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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That further weakens the argument for delaying withdrawals as long as possible.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Grenell’s announcement of the closure, scheduled to take place this year, followed a series of news reports about withdrawals from the center by cultural institutions or individual artists that left its calendar for 2026 severely underpopulated.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
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Both diasporas contain passionate activists, wealthy donors and would-be leaders positioning themselves for future rule.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Connecticut is home to more than 100,000 Muslims from different diasporas, as well as recent arrivals from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, united by the religion of Islam.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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The district is looking to first save money by not filling positions created by retirements or resignations.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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This is set to become a bigger and bigger issue because of the massive wave of boomer retirements that is underway.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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These are the 2026 contestants whose departures were highlighted in the episode (plus the recognizable faces USA TODAY spotted).—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Around half of the departures at Kennedy Airport, LaGuardia and Boston were canceled for Tuesday.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Evacuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuations. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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