displace

Example Sentences

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"Additionally, flash floods have swept through several areas, displacing approximately 2,690 families and causing widespread destruction of infrastructure and property."

From Barron's

More than a million people have been displaced, which could lead to a major humanitarian crisis.

From BBC

The bigger shifts are happening internally—as many as a million families have been displaced within the country, according to the Iranian government.

From The Wall Street Journal

More than three million Iranians have been displaced by the war.

From Salon

Kiki is among more than a million people Lebanese authorities have registered as displaced since the country was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2.

From Barron's