decamp
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After most OpenAI employees threatened to decamp to Microsoft, the directors reversed course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then, of course, there is the added perk of the private beach, a rare draw in an area where Manhattanites regularly decamp during the warmer summer months.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
"They'd just decamp to Manchester and you wouldn't see them again until Tuesday or Wednesday the next week, looking like they'd had quite a good time."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Gates was now in his senior year, and somehow he managed to convince his teachers to let him decamp for Bonneville under the guise of an independent study project.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Trump has referred to the 504-acre property that he purchased in 2002 as his Summer White House, and he frequently decamps there for the weekends when it is too hot in Palm Beach, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Exhibit A: the band decamps to New Orleans to record their next record.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
The London displays wrap up on Tuesday, when the fashion crowd decamps to Milan Fashion Week for more new season runway shows.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Patinkin almost decamps to play one of the sons in the Dustin Hoffman “Death of a Salesman.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
The lord of the harem, in the meantime, hastens to the scene of the disturbance, whereupon the other bull decamps.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
So she and her family decamped to a ranch in Montana, where they lived in a log cabin and rode horses while riding out the global pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Thousands of residents have decamped to temporary shelters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is set to lose its top dealmaker and five other partners after a number of other top lawyers at the firm recently decamped for competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Francis Ford Coppola decamped there to write his script for “The Godfather,” and it’s where his compatriot George Lucas conjured up the “Star Wars” universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Brady had decamped for his own wedding and his new post in St. Louis; Cooksey and Kurie had returned East.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Its departure from downtown would continue a yearslong trend of companies decamping from the urban core amid a rise in crime and homelessness since the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
He had asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lay the groundwork for the summit with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov; to make sure there was a point in decamping to Budapest.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Immigration and births aren’t keeping up with the Golden Staters decamping for Texas and other states that boast a better cost of living.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2025
Phil’s beloved music and artistic director isn’t decamping for the New York Philharmonic for another two years, and the Bowl intends to take full advantage of his commanding presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
He could picture her face, when she heard that he planned throwing up his fine position and decamping on nothing a year.
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
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