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emigrate

[em-i-grayt] / ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
move to new country
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He said it has become the “last straw” for him, and he has decided to leave Venezuela and emigrate to Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

"My goal was destroyed, so I decided to emigrate," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Zemlinsky did manage to emigrate to New York but died of pneumonia in 1942 without having been able to revive his career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

"If I don't find a job here, I'll have to emigrate again. We have no choice. We can't starve," he added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

South African whites began making plans to emigrate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The two lose contact for 12 years after Nora’s family emigrates to the United States and reconnect after Hae-sung finds her again on Facebook.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

The top prize for best feature went to drama Past Lives, about childhood sweethearts in South Korea who are separated when one emigrates to the US.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

“No one emigrates from their country because they want to. One migrates because you have basic needs and there isn’t support in your native country,” she said, starting to cry.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

She drew upon these feelings to create “Other Words for Home,” a novel in verse about a girl who emigrates from Syria and tries to find a place for herself in the United States.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

He owns mines and prairies, and he emigrates semi-annually.

From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Ma’s parents emigrated from China and eventually settled in New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In line for selection was Basil D'Oliveira, a mixed-race all-rounder born in South Africa, who had emigrated to and qualified to play for England.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Particularly compelling is the partnership that arose between Cockenoe, an indigenous man from Long Island, and John Eliot, a Puritan minister who emigrated to Boston in 1631.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

More than one million people died during the Irish famine between 1845 and 1852, when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and about two million emigrated over the following decade.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

And everybody who emigrated turns out to be special.

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

That simple, honorable point about the dignity of emigrating remains painfully controversial in Dean’s home country and here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The menu revolves around the food of Barsoom’s native Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to Canada in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Many Britons have taken the leap by emigrating to Australia for a "better life", but one man has taken the plunge in order to build a better life back home in Wales.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

And he, as a young boy, was part of the avocado trade before emigrating to the United States.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

One of the many downsides of emigrating from one country to another is that you're not always left with the option to follow your dreams.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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