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[dih-kamp] / dɪˈkæmp /


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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

So what did the last three days of running in Bahrain, before the teams decamp to Albert Park in Melbourne, say about the reshaped sport - and who are the winners and losers within that?

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Novelist Michelle Huneven and her husband, Jim Potter, had just welcomed evacuees into their Altadena home early on Jan. 8 when they realized they’d all have to decamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

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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