evacuate
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Around 370,000 people across a swath of the country from Shikoku island in western Japan to Tokyo have been urged to evacuate, the government said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The ship was there to evacuate British citizens from Nanking during the final months of the civil war, but the attack resulted in the deaths of 20 men and the wounding of 30 more.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
LASD’s search and rescue team was dispatched to help the elderly woman evacuate, but the agency didn’t issue or appear to push for any wider alerts for her neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
An industrial tank at a plant in Garden Grove, Calif., began leaking last week, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
On Wednesday, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, John V. Roos, issued a recommendation that all American citizens living within 50 miles of the plant evacuate.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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