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relocate

[ree-loh-kayt, ree-loh-kayt] / riˈloʊ keɪt, ˌri loʊˈkeɪt /


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Federal biologists made a last-minute decision to relocate the eggs after forecasters predicted high tides would swamp their nests on Orange County beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The project to relocate birds from the Highlands to a secret location in the Moffat Hills started in the summer of 2018.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The network had struggled for years to relocate its rhythm on MNF, its signature NFL product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The kingdom shares a rugged, mountainous, 800-mile border with Yemen, giving Houthi mobile launchers ample cover to fire and quickly relocate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

When they got married, Uncle Max chose to be a “real old-time Indian” and relocate to the territory of his wife’s people.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Eventually, with the help of a former colleague in Tokyo who’s become an antiques importer in Washington state, Rika flees her husband and relocates with Naomi, under a new name, to Seattle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove,” a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at UC Irvine’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival, relocates the comedy to a Southern California beach town in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Qiu's research suggests pollution is shifting west as heavy industry relocates to regions like Xinjiang, and that some cities in China have seen double-digit percentage increases in PM2.5 in the last five years.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

In the winter, she relocates to the outskirts of Dehradun, near the Himalayan foothills.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

General Douglas MacArthur, the officer in charge of the United States Army Forces in the Far East, abandons his home in Manila and relocates to the fortified island of Corregidor.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The £33m Acute Mental Health facility, on the site of Belfast City Hospital, was opened in 2019 but has also been beset by problems which have forced patients to be relocated.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"When the Thais dismantled them, they just relocated the operations. The same organisations came to Madagascar," Ralihivao told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Over time, her trips back home became less frequent, especially after she got pregnant with her now teenage son and her New York family relocated down South.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Perry, who has since relocated to the island, is looking to cut ties with several of his real estate jewels—having recently put his Wyoming and California properties on the selling block.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Rutherford had again relocated, this time to Cambridge, where he assumed the directorship of the Cavendish.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Economic activity in affected regions is 1.5 percent lower two years after a heatwave and three percent lower four years after a drought, driven by lower productivity and people relocating, according to ECB estimates.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Rather than simply relocating, at least some blue cones may undergo a change in identity, becoming red or green cones as the eye develops.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

When you move abroad, you are relocating that life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

That the orangutan's original habitats had been burned and fragmented to the point they could no longer sustain the primates was the main driving factor behind relocating them, Yiara said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Recently, Momma’d made a fuss about our relocating, and that fuss got louder and turned into an almost-argument after our last move.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry


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