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emigrate

[em-i-greyt] / ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
move to new country
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Zemlinsky did manage to emigrate to New York but died of pneumonia in 1942 without having been able to revive his career.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

"If I don't find a job here, I'll have to emigrate again. We have no choice. We can't starve," he added.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

Many of his friends also want to emigrate.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

Medics and analysts say Nigeria has a very low doctor-patient ratio, worsened by a massive "brain drain" as health professionals emigrate after being enticed by better working conditions abroad.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

Too old to emigrate, Hannibal Sloat, although not a special, was doomed to creep out his remaining life on Earth.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The two lose contact for 12 years after Nora’s family emigrates to the United States and reconnect after Hae-sung finds her again on Facebook.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2024

“No one emigrates from their country because they want to. One migrates because you have basic needs and there isn’t support in your native country,” she said, starting to cry.

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2023

Dr Black said contracts are being handed back because there are serious difficulties in finding a replacement when a doctor "retires or emigrates, or resigns".

From BBC May 29, 2023

It also alluded to a social reality — the way kitchen houses are locked up when a family emigrates.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2022

The hero, a young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood emigrates to Australia, and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police.

From The Little Princess of Tower Hill by Meade, L. T.

My love for the Fourth comes from my grandfather, who emigrated to this country from Lebanon.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Her family were originally from Maesteg in Bridgend county, and emigrated to Australia during the 1950s.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Su, 56, emigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan as a child and holds three electrical engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

His mother, Valborg, who had emigrated from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, worked as a domestic; his father, Walter, who had emigrated from St. Croix, was a petty officer in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

After the war, Alfons Heck emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The menu revolves around the food of Barsoom’s native Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to Canada in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

And he, as a young boy, was part of the avocado trade before emigrating to the United States.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

They are part of a growing number of Central Asians shunning the traditional option of emigrating to Russia in favour of the West.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

"It seems pretty sad we might have to think about emigrating somewhere else to make a living out of the sport that we so enjoy," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

Then, through a series of misadventures, the family had ended up in China, finally emigrating to Canada in the twentieth century.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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