decamp
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Then, of course, there is the added perk of the private beach, a rare draw in an area where Manhattanites regularly decamp during the warmer summer months.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
"They'd just decamp to Manchester and you wouldn't see them again until Tuesday or Wednesday the next week, looking like they'd had quite a good time."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
That’s doubtful given that it has already spurred many billionaires to decamp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
The principal spoke with such gravity that Christine and her classmates worried they might have to pack up their books and decamp for the other side of town at that very moment.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Trump has referred to the 504-acre property that he purchased in 2002 as his Summer White House, and he frequently decamps there for the weekends when it is too hot in Palm Beach, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Exhibit A: the band decamps to New Orleans to record their next record.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
After insulting her way to yet another exile, Anna decamps for a commune on the Greek island of Lesbos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
The London displays wrap up on Tuesday, when the fashion crowd decamps to Milan Fashion Week for more new season runway shows.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
This comes to be very awkward at times, especially if a whole herd decamps or takes “a moonlight flitting.”
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In nearby Habana Vieja, the historic city center, nine families who decamped from a collapsed building three years ago are still living in a boxing gym.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
So he decamped to the country that paid him attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Faison and Braff are still constantly collaborating whether that’s on a podcast or commercials, and even though she’s decamped from Los Angeles to Canada, Chalke makes a point to keep in touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
At the semester break every spring when Oppenheimer decamped for Caltech, the entourage followed him south in a caravan of rickety vehicles.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Instead of decamping to Thibodaux, La., for football’s most exclusive family reunion, Mendoza—a transfer from the University of California—spent his summer in Bloomington, obsessively learning the playbook of his new coach, Curt Cignetti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
He had asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lay the groundwork for the summit with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov; to make sure there was a point in decamping to Budapest.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
For generations, Mexican immigrants have landed in this area before decamping to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Phil’s beloved music and artistic director isn’t decamping for the New York Philharmonic for another two years, and the Bowl intends to take full advantage of his commanding presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
So, instead of decamping, he purchased with the money, in a town where he was unknown, five of the new breech-loading rifles and nearly five thousand rounds of ammunition.
From The Westerners by Stewart Edward White
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