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Recent Examples of evacuees
However, the evacuees were never allowed to return, and the dogs left at the exclusion zone were abandoned and considered strays.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Another notice is on the hunt for fire relief volunteers who help fire evacuees.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Same as 20 years ago, when some Katrina evacuees navigated such injustices.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
In collaboration with Polish architects, a foundation spotlighted in the exhibit repurposes old windows for reuse, allowing evacuees to return home.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Another notice is on the hunt for fire relief volunteers who help fire evacuees.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Same as 20 years ago, when some Katrina evacuees navigated such injustices.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
In collaboration with Polish architects, a foundation spotlighted in the exhibit repurposes old windows for reuse, allowing evacuees to return home.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuees
refugees
Noun
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More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Evacuees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuees. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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