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immigrate

[im-i-greyt] / ˈɪm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
enter a foreign area intending to live there
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He spent time in the Middle East when his father was ambassador to Syria and Lebanon before immigrating to the San Francisco Bay Area with his family as a teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seeing as he immigrated from Tel Aviv to New York City himself, he should be able to empathize with the loneliness that comes with being an expat.

From MarketWatch

Images of Ahmed Al Ahmed—a Syrian man who immigrated to Australia two decades ago and owns a tobacco shop in Sydney—tackling one of the attackers sped around the world quickly after Sunday’s assault.

From The Wall Street Journal

The family changed their last name after immigrating to the U.S. in 1933.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Monday, veteran Sae Joon Park, who legally immigrated from South Korea when he was seven years old, flew back to his homeland under threat of deportation at the age of 55.

From Los Angeles Times