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decamp

[dih-kamp] / dɪˈkæmp /


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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

I enjoyed my life in the City of Brotherly Love, but I had read that Ecuador was affordable and thought that I could decamp there as a temporary base for my self-imposed sabbatical.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

Oo Oo had refused to decamp and took shelter in the village monastery instead, knowing that the military would not attack Buddhist sites.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2025

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

Exhibit A: the band decamps to New Orleans to record their next record.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

She decamps for New York, jump-starting a five-alarm-fire of a melodramatic plot.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2024

Dudamel is 42 years old, and will have been at the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years by the time he decamps for New York, a long tenure.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

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

To see the mother at her laying is no easy matter: when examined too closely, the Pieris decamps at once.

From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Berkshire liquidated most of the roughly 15 positions during the first quarter that were managed by Todd Combs—an investment manager who decamped for JPMorgan Chase—Buffett told The Wall Street Journal in May.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

In nearby Habana Vieja, the historic city center, nine families who decamped from a collapsed building three years ago are still living in a boxing gym.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

People familiar with Berkshire’s investments said Abel has already unloaded the stocks managed by Todd Combs, who recently decamped for JPMorgan Chase.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Faison and Braff are still constantly collaborating whether that’s on a podcast or commercials, and even though she’s decamped from Los Angeles to Canada, Chalke makes a point to keep in touch.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

At the semester break every spring when Oppenheimer decamped for Caltech, the entourage followed him south in a caravan of rickety vehicles.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Instead of decamping to Thibodaux, La., for football’s most exclusive family reunion, Mendoza—a transfer from the University of California—spent his summer in Bloomington, obsessively learning the playbook of his new coach, Curt Cignetti.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

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

For generations, Mexican immigrants have landed in this area before decamping to Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

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

For the rest the horses in the barn were ready harnessed, and Ma could be trusted to get together the household things ready for decamping.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum




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