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decamp

[dih-kamp] / dɪˈkæmp /


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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

So what did the last three days of running in Bahrain, before the teams decamp to Albert Park in Melbourne, say about the reshaped sport - and who are the winners and losers within that?

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

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

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

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

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

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

After insulting her way to yet another exile, Anna decamps for a commune on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 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

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

BESENVAL, Baron, Commandant of Paris, on French Finance, in riot of Rue St. Antoine, on corruption of Guards, at Champ-de-Mars, apparition to, decamps, and Louis XVI.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Around noon Sunday, the group decamped to Nancy’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Back at his building, Sillie says, the Venezuelan rescue contingent soon decamped.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 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

So he decamped to the country that paid him attention.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

A male physician who for a time had rented an office in the castle and who had befriended Holmes—they were seen together often—also had decamped, with no word to anyone.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Finch had emerged from the lowest level of college basketball imaginable, playing at Division III Franklin & Marshall before decamping to the steel town in Yorkshire to keep his playing career alive.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 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

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

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

It is the rear-guard of the English getting under way for the purpose of decamping.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence




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