decamp
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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
Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Some financial firms made moves to decamp to the City, where a cluster of new skyscrapers has shot up recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
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
The principal spoke with such gravity that Christine and her classmates worried they might have to pack up their books and decamp for the other side of town at that very moment.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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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
This is normally the inflection point when an idiosyncratic filmmaker either smooths out his sensibilities to make a superhero movie or decamps to a streaming service in search of creative control at a bigger budget.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Henriquez' brother, Myrtano, next succeeds as Idalia's adorer, but learning that he is about to make an advantageous marriage, she secretly decamps.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by George Frisbie Whicher
Thousands of residents have decamped to temporary shelters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Big 12, meanwhile, hasn’t won a national title since Texas in 2005—and the Longhorns have since decamped to the SEC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Six years after Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, quit royal duties and decamped to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Back at his building, Sillie says, the Venezuelan rescue contingent soon decamped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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
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Paramount reupping its threat to leave, or even worse, decamping for someplace such as Nashville, is not a great look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
If the music world is decamping from London again this week, then it needs to "give back to the community", she adds, and not just pay it "lip service".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
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
For generations, Mexican immigrants have landed in this area before decamping to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
This alarming circumstance confirmed me in my resolution of decamping; and I accordingly moved my quarters to a house in Sackville-street, where I had lodged when I was a widow.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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