decamp

Example Sentences

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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

Yet others question whether anything like a Mamdani mayoralty would really provoke millionaires and billionaires to decamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Oo Oo had refused to decamp and took shelter in the village monastery instead, knowing that the military would not attack Buddhist sites.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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