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emigrate

[em-i-grayt] / ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
move to new country
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He said it has become the “last straw” for him, and he has decided to leave Venezuela and emigrate to Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

"My goal was destroyed, so I decided to emigrate," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Memories are still acute of a record 130,000 percent year-on-year rise in prices recorded in 2018, the peak of the hyperinflationary period, which pushed millions to emigrate.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

In 1886 Japan had for the first time allowed its citizens to emigrate, and thousands from his district had already left the country in search of better opportunities.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

The top prize for best feature went to drama Past Lives, about childhood sweethearts in South Korea who are separated when one emigrates to the US.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

“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

On that February afternoon, Moshfegh, a self-described workaholic, reported she was already halfway through her next novel, about a woman who emigrates from China to San Francisco in the early 1900s.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020

June 9.—The great Henry Ward Beecher emigrates for a time to Europe.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count

My mother was born to parents who emigrated in the 1950s during Batista’s regime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

My father emigrated from Havana as a child.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Her three siblings have already emigrated, and she is considering shutting down her small delicatessen to follow them abroad.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

However, Kennedy was keenly aware of the generation ahead of her who emigrated in the 1940s and 50s.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He emigrated from Ireland in 1912, which would have been fine except that the ship he picked was— think Atlas here—the Titanic.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

Omar’s family was granted asylum in the United States in 1995, having spent years in Kenyan refugee camps after emigrating from Somalia due to the country’s civil war.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

After emigrating from Russia as a child, Arkatov became the principal cellist at the Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphonies before landing in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Alex Golesh only discovered the game after emigrating to the U.S. from the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He has often talked about his great-grandfather Edmund "Ned" Burke who lived in Drogheda before emigrating with his family to Liverpool in the late 19th Century.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“These kids think everything is perfect here. What do they know about emigrating from your home and trying to manage in a new country?”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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