emigrating

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Born in Dublin in 1623, Downing spent his childhood in London before emigrating to New England with his family as part of the Puritan migration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

On the upper deck he mixed with the wealthy travellers, lower down he encountered the Poms emigrating to a new life down under.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

They are part of a growing number of Central Asians shunning the traditional option of emigrating to Russia in favour of the West.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

The same procedure can be applied to reconstruct Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, the ancestral language spoken by Austronesians after emigrating from Taiwan.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond