displaced

Example Sentences

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So far, some 3,666 people have been killed, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says, while a quarter of the population has been displaced and more than a tenth of the country occupied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Some 7 million people are displaced within Congo, mostly in the eastern provinces, of which Ituri is one.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Since December, nearly 95,000 people have been newly displaced, while more than 78,000 returned to their areas of origin.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Amazon hasn’t displaced but rather expanded mom-and-pop shops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Each day, he reported to the displaced persons’ camp to get food rations, army-surplus clothes, or other supplies, and to search the lists.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren