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migrate

[mahy-greyt] / ˈmaΙͺ greΙͺt /


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The perennial problem with horror, even contemporary horror, is that it’s an extremely difficult genre to migrate from.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Under that model, immune cells from elsewhere in the body were not expected to migrate into the brain and become part of this population.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Mosquitoes can migrate with the wind, so it depends on the geography of the environment."

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

They are expected to leave the South Lakeland nature reserve in September and migrate to the Iberian Peninsula or West Africa.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Come August, they would migrate north again together.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

While Major League Soccer, the highest professional league in the U.S., is growing in popularity, top soccer talent generally migrates to European soccer leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The two meet when the young man, Sujo, migrates from a small village in the state of Michoacán to Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

The population of bowhead whales that migrates between the Bering and Beaufort Seas each year is a conservation success story, with today's population nearing -- if not exceeding -- pre-commercial whaling numbers.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

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

But exactly when a flock migrates is up to its members.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

They don’t tell us whether restaurants are full, whether people are dating, whether house parties have disappeared or whether social life has migrated somewhere else entirely.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 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

HBO Max’s Emmy Award-winning drama has become a much-needed boost for Hollywood after much of the local film and TV industry migrated to regions offering more generous tax rebates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

According to tradition, the Thembu people lived in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains and migrated toward the coast in the sixteenth century, where they were incorporated into the Xhosa nation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"It also raises the question as to whether the helpful gains from more higher income shoppers migrating to Walmart are starting to fade," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Showers are expected to ease from the north during the morning, migrating southwards into other parts of Wales as well as central and southern England where a few downpours could still be heavy and thundery.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

That is in part because his mother, from southern Taiwan, is Hakka, a people that began migrating from the mainland as early as the 17th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

A lemming screamed in death, and a flock of migrating eider ducks called out their positions to each other.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George




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