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All of northern Japan was placed under a tsunami warning, with around 2 million people evacuated.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 30 July 2025
Workers at northeast Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 July 2025
The governor has repeatedly said the tents and trailers at the site are equipped to handle hurricane winds to Category 2 strength — up to 110 mph — and that people onsite would have to be evacuated if more intense winds were expected.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Federal officials are investigating after a Monday morning bomb threat evacuated a Frontier Airlines flight that landed at Denver International Airport, though no devices were found, police said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 30 July 2025
Workers at northeast Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 July 2025
The governor has repeatedly said the tents and trailers at the site are equipped to handle hurricane winds to Category 2 strength — up to 110 mph — and that people onsite would have to be evacuated if more intense winds were expected.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
Federal officials are investigating after a Monday morning bomb threat evacuated a Frontier Airlines flight that landed at Denver International Airport, though no devices were found, police said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuate
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The telling factor is that this deal has now emptied all goodwill from the trans-Atlantic relationship, and effectively completes another diplomatic rupture by President Trump.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Shelves began to empty last month and in the last few weeks, customers have been offered deep discounts on remaining products at the locations in the Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch and Del Mar Highlands Town Center.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The Dutchman could serve as a target man, holding the ball up in the final third before Cunha and Mbeumo attack the spaces further forward that have been vacated.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 July 2025
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Certain advancements in technology mean aspects of this are theoretically possible, even though the bar is so high to clear in practice.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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The snow had stopped by 4:05 p.m., over an hour after the incident, and the weather began to clear, with cloudless skies at around 5:25 p.m., the NTSB's findings stated.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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When treated as a strategic initiative, data migration becomes an opportunity to clean house, eliminate legacy inefficiencies and set the foundation for better analytics, automation and compliance.—
Shiv Kaushik,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Todd, 56, began by discussing an inmate who suffered a lung health issue after allegedly being forced to clean asbestos and black mold without a respirator.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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“Evacuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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