emigrate

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Medics and analysts say Nigeria has a very low doctor-patient ratio, worsened by a massive "brain drain" as health professionals emigrate after being enticed by better working conditions abroad.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

The small Mediterranean country has faced waves of crisis and conflict that have driven people to emigrate, with millions of Lebanese or their descendants now living abroad.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

By 1939, Hungary’s crackdown against Jews—and Senesh’s emerging identity as a Zionist—led her to emigrate to the British Mandate for Palestine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Madees Khoury, the general manager of Taybeh Brewing Co., is one of those who choose to stay in town, though she knows at least one family gearing up to emigrate in the coming weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Too old to emigrate, Hannibal Sloat, although not a special, was doomed to creep out his remaining life on Earth.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick