displaced

Example Sentences

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So far, some 3,666 people have been killed, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says, while a quarter of the population has been displaced and more than a tenth of the country occupied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Another correspondent in the coastal city of Sidon, further north, saw displaced people arriving from Tyre, some with belongings strapped to the roofs of their cars.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

On the other hand, the older worker who holds onto a job for a few years longer but is then displaced may have a harder time finding a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Some 7 million people are displaced within Congo, mostly in the eastern provinces, of which Ituri is one.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

They were ecstatic to learn the three of us were in a displaced persons camp.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson