decamp
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As his threat made the rounds in Iran, many residents prepared for power and gas to go out and debated whether it would be safer to stay in the city or decamp for the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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
Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
As the fire grew Tuesday, they decided to decamp to a friend’s house farther away, in Venice.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
Gates was now in his senior year, and somehow he managed to convince his teachers to let him decamp for Bonneville under the guise of an independent study project.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing decamp
The Last Lecture
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The House of the Scorpion
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