expat

Example Sentences

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"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

"I was trying to get into every expat network in Buenos Aires - the private French schools, the French Embassy staff, the French chamber of commerce," Flament remembers.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 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

Down the corridor was a tall, brown-haired, brown-eyed Swiss/German expat named Robert.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah