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
Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
In mid-December, video reviewed by The Times showed dozens of troops under Trump’s command quietly leaving the Roybal Federal Building downtown in the middle of the night following an appellate court’s order to decamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 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
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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
She decamps for New York, jump-starting a five-alarm-fire of a melodramatic plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
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
Just as soon as the Bear's nose and forepaws are greedily inserted into the crack, Reynard slyly removes the wedges and decamps, leaving the Bear a prisoner and howling with pain.
From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
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
So he decamped to the country that paid him attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
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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He later relocated to Paris and became a film producer and distributor, before decamping to Mexico in 1938, just before the outbreak of World War II.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Groq’s staff learned that their CEO and other top leaders were decamping for the chip giant on Christmas Eve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 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
Blinken had visited Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday before decamping to Jordan for meetings with senior Arab officials on Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
On decamping they compelled the owner to horse his waggons and take them to their next quarters.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
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