migrate
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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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β Jun. 29, 2026
Major Puff didn’t really have to migrate south for winter.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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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 β 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 β 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 β Feb. 7, 2024
It prefers to live in lakes and lagoons, but migrates when it feels it is in danger.
From BBC β Dec. 27, 2023
Everyone around us migrates toward the back of the room.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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The prevailing theory suggested that blue cones formed in the center of the retina and later migrated outward.
From Science Daily β Jul. 9, 2026
The children just quietly migrated, one by one, to better-equipped schools.
From BBC β 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 β 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 β 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
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Without that protected region, migrating moons could not survive inside Saturn's disk.
From Science Daily β Jul. 27, 2026
Costs are migrating from ratepayers toward the companies using the power.
From MarketWatch β 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 β 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 β 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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