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relocate

[ree-loh-keyt, ree-loh-keyt] / riˈloʊ keɪt, ˌri loʊˈkeɪt /


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Oxygen loss can reduce or relocate their prey, damage habitats and alter the food webs they depend on.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

In an email sent to residents on Monday, Persimmon said it "strongly recommended that all residents temporarily relocate" due to the "high fire risk identified within the building".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Enikö Hajas, a psychotherapist who works with people who relocate abroad, said it’s common to experience depression, loneliness or grief in the first year or two after moving.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Bass announced that AirBnB would help to temporarily relocate people.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

As the Japanese tightened their grip on the Philippines, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered General MacArthur to leave the Philippines and relocate to Australia so General MacArthur could regroup, strategize, and return, ready to fight.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

This family drama, his latest “Yellowstone” spinoff, stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox and Patrick J. Adams in the story of a New York clan that relocates to a Montana river valley.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Qiu's research suggests pollution is shifting west as heavy industry relocates to regions like Xinjiang, and that some cities in China have seen double-digit percentage increases in PM2.5 in the last five years.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

In the new show, Reagan relocates to Boston and eventually teams up with Det.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2025

Ghost of Yōtei relocates the action a few hundred miles north, to the Honshū region, and the setting a few hundred years later, to 1603.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

General Douglas MacArthur, the officer in charge of the United States Army Forces in the Far East, abandons his home in Manila and relocates to the fortified island of Corregidor.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

They then relocated to Texas a few months after lockdown—explaining at the time that they realized they wanted to settle down in a place where their kids could spend more time in nature.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Around 700 people left their homes as a precaution in Le Porge, where more than 3,000 campers were also relocated, the prefecture said.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Before I relocated to the Pacific Northwest, I had only seen whales and other wildlife common to this region on TV.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Alison remembers her mother collecting melted bottles and warped pans left by the Bel-Air fire that tore through Laurel Canyon shortly before the family relocated there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The control console had been relocated in accordance with John Lawrence’s instructions, though it was now jammed in a crowded room between Cooksey’s workbench and a drafting table.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

They say relocating the bears doesn’t work because they either come right back or cause the same problems elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Since her husband at the time had previously lived in Paris and had family there, relocating to France made sense.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Esports Foundation COO and deputy CEO Mike McCabe says the biggest challenge when relocating the event to Paris's Porte de Versailles exhibition centre was time.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

That could include relocating residents and businesses from whole neighborhoods, he says, to build defenses that will protect the rest of the city—a strategy he calls “retreat to adapt.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Whoever had prospects on the outside, and the energy to go, was leaving, relocating, or entering military service.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston




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