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Recent Examples of repatriate
Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Maria van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s top epidemiologist, said that a number of other flights were expected to arrive Sunday, including ones to repatriate passengers to Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Countries have sent quarantine evacuation planes to pick up their individual passengers and repatriate them.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
But both are cooperating with the international efforts to investigate the source of this outbreak and safely repatriate people from the ship, WHO officials stressed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
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The plane to be used to repatriate Dutch and other nationals stands idle at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia Airport awaiting evacuees from the Hondius on Sunday.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Maria van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s top epidemiologist, said that a number of other flights were expected to arrive Sunday, including ones to repatriate passengers to Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Countries have sent quarantine evacuation planes to pick up their individual passengers and repatriate them.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
But both are cooperating with the international efforts to investigate the source of this outbreak and safely repatriate people from the ship, WHO officials stressed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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Supporters of the initiative dislike an influx of expatriates from the neighboring European Union, and say Swiss infrastructure, housing, social programs, natural resources and way of life have been strained under demographic growth.—
Jamey Keaten,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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The expatriate has mixed feelings about the World Cup and his homeland’s team.—
Pat Maio,
Daily News,
7 June 2026
Verb
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England’s World Cup team received a loud cheer from fans on Saturday afternoon as the players ran onto Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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Thousands of providers who were cut off from Medicaid billing can once again receive funds, at least for now, as the Minnesota Department of Human Services navigates a revalidation process drawing bipartisan criticism.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Noun
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The most recent deaths were recorded after a series of Israeli drone strikes in the past few days on towns and refugee camps in central Gaza and Gaza City.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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More than a year after Trump made this controversial change, one Afrikaner refugee applicant reached out to our NBC News tip line.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The Associated Press profiled the woman in 2024 as part of a story about how many international adoptees were left without citizenship because their American adoptive parents failed to naturalize them.—
Claire Galofaro,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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In 1790, Congress passed a federal law so that only free white immigrants could naturalize as citizens.—
Daisy Hernández,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Alma David, a U.S.-based attorney representing one of the 15 migrants, said eight deportees have returned to their home countries in recent weeks.—
Mark Banchereau,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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The administration has signed agreements with at least 33 countries to accept certain U.S. deportees, according to the monitoring group Third Country Deportation Watch, though the vast majority of third-country removals are to Mexico.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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And the rise of Restore Britain, another hard-right party amplified by Elon Musk which advocates for the large-scale deportation of migrants, has siphoned off some support for Reform too.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Police fired rubber bullets and used stun grenades against migrants protesting Wednesday near a community hall in South Africa where thousands are being processed for deportation by authorities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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There’s a scarf hanging on the wall that, in so many words, says immigrants are welcome.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Lawmakers also appropriated $143 million to the healthcare program for undocumented immigrant seniors and $4 million for welcoming centers that provide services to immigrants arriving in Illinois.—
Ben Szalinski,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The Conestoga wagons, meant to replicate the vehicles used by emigrants on the Oregon Trail, are also luxurious.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
18 May 2026
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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