decamp

Example Sentences

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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

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

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