evacuated

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Civil defence teams evacuated around 500 families from schools that had been converted into shelters and transferred them to the city's Christian quarter, which was not included in the warning, an AFP correspondent said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The report said about 300 employees were evacuated from the facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Villagers who have been evacuated over reports of ground movement cannot go home for another eight weeks while an investigation is carried out.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Trump had to be evacuated from the dinner at a downtown Washington hotel on April 25 after shots erupted at a security checkpoint outside the ballroom venue.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

His brain braced itself for certain disappointment, but his heart was ready to be evacuated of all previous sadness and make plenty of room for everything to be good, and real, and safe.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin