expat

Example Sentences

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He is an Australian expat and has been a Dubai resident for more than two decades.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"As a Lebanese, I am traumatised," a 31-year-old expat and mother of two living in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The violence in the Puerto Vallarta area is unnerving America’s community of expat retirees in Mexico, a destination popular with the growing number of people retiring abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Elizabeth Shanahan, a California expat who moved from Newport Beach to Puerto Vallarta two decades ago, said that the television news made it seem as though buildings were being engulfed across the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The place was filled with Americans, some of them tourists but many of them expat regulars.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart