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evacuate

[ih-vak-yoo-ayt] / ɪˈvæk juˌeɪt /


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Some 85 households in the nearby village of Whelford were advised to evacuate and army bomb disposal experts called in to examine three vans stopped on a rural road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

If you ever need to evacuate in a pinch, Sauceda recommends tossing your go bag into your dirty laundry basket, as it likely contains a mix of season-appropriate clothes that fit, and carrying both out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nonetheless, the US has the money, skills and goods to evacuate and resettle the huge numbers, if leaders cooperate and use everything available.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

She is bitter that the government failed to stop the incursion, that it did not evacuate residents when it could, and that it persuaded them the situation was not serious.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

And they needed to give residents of the nearby towns time to evacuate.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered camping sites evacuates as a precaution.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Vlad Mahovsky, a volunteer who evacuates civilians, showed the BBC a message from a resident a few days ago.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

And he evacuates his bowels into a cistern sunken in the middle of the living room.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

He said his administration evacuates about 100 people from the city daily on trains and buses on a voluntary basis.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023

He observes regarding the water that 'It occasions the retention of nothing that should be evacuated and by relaxation evacuates nothing that should be retained.

From Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain by James Rutherford

California’s state Capitol was evacuated Friday morning after construction crews in the west wing of the building reported a threat to authorities, according to the California Highway Patrol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“As a precaution, the building has been evacuated while CHP sweeps the building,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 2019, about 25 homes were evacuated in the village following flooding and a power cut after heavy rain.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The 33-year-old is currently living in a hotel after being evacuated from her flat, in east London, following a fatal fire in her tower block earlier this month.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It seems that the day after he evacuated us, Chucha also left the compound.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

County fire and sheriff’s officials “caused a major gap in communication and a lag in response,” the consequences of which would become clear as incident command fell behind on evacuating west Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

She said: "They told me to go as far as I could but they weren't evacuating people."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

After evacuating as many citizens as he could, the KMT’s 10th-army commander, Gen. Fang Xianjue, ordered the construction of massive defense works, blew a major bridge over the Xiang and prepared to make his stand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Meanwhile Ukrainian authorities have begun evacuating some residents in Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, the biggest cities still under full Ukrainian control in the eastern Donbas region.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“She and some of the other girls made it to Nicodemus. She found something as they were evacuating Miss Preston's and I thought I should bring it to you.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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