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migrate

[mahy-greyt] / ˈmaΙͺ greΙͺt /


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But with few barriers to entry, the sector still attracts many workers who migrate from rural areas to cities in search of opportunity, often juggling jobs across several households in a day.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

I guess if Letterboxd decides to sell to a media company and becomes objectively worse, disappointed users can migrate to A24’s physical, paper-bound film logs.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

The trend is expected to continue through 2026 and beyond as high-margin ad spending continues to migrate toward online platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"This winter they will likely migrate and go off again, and next spring they will try and rear chicks on that nest."

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Major Puff didn’t really have to migrate south for winter.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Harmon alerted stakeholders, including Aiello, who was immediately concerned about how the wire might affect a herd of bighorn sheep that migrates across the border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

When temperatures hit freezing, the northern jet set reliably migrates to St. Barts, a little slice of France in the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

Adichie’s novel stretches across three continents and charts the lives of the secondary-school lovers Ifemelu, who migrates to the United States, and Obinze, who heads to Britain.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

It prefers to live in lakes and lagoons, but migrates when it feels it is in danger.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023

Everyone around us migrates toward the back of the room.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The prevailing theory suggested that blue cones formed in the center of the retina and later migrated outward.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

The children just quietly migrated, one by one, to better-equipped schools.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Since rates are still so much lower in Japan than elsewhere, lots of local savings have migrated abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Even those whose families migrated here seeking a “better life” can speak to how uneven the American dream materializes across class, race and country of origin.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Frightful was alone, the only peregrine falcon in the Catskills who had not migrated.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Without that protected region, migrating moons could not survive inside Saturn's disk.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Costs are migrating from ratepayers toward the companies using the power.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

As the industry boomed, birds migrating to and from Africa along one of Europe's key flyways were increasingly drawn to the area; today it is internationally recognised as a vital wetland.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

“We have people from so many different countries migrating to Inglewood, and there’s an explosive sense of community pride,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

All during the summer, all across America, the highways filled up with the migrating families of the American military.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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