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
As his threat made the rounds in Iran, many residents prepared for power and gas to go out and debated whether it would be safer to stay in the city or decamp for the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
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
So the king, having the start of him, moves towards London; and Essex, nettled to be both beaten in fight and outdone in conduct, decamps, and follows the king.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Daniel Defoe
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
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
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
But I wondered whether Davis had really quit the internet entirely, or whether he’d just decamped to some farther shore.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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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
For its part, Netflix has generated a handful of blockbuster franchises, including “Squid Game,” “Bridgerton” and “Stranger Things,” but the creators of the last series are decamping to Paramount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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
I am not sure if any of the villagers were grateful to him for remaining in their neighbourhood, instead of decamping as he had often done before, for good reasons, doubtless, of personal safety.
From My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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