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Recent Examples of repatriate
ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week his country will not repatriate its citizens with links to Islamic State members.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday reiterated his position announced a day earlier that his government would not help repatriate the latest group.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
His client’s wish — to repatriate the objects and honor Thailand’s cultural heritage — rang always in his ears.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Amid the travel chaos and with commercial flights limited, governments across the globe have been mounting emergency operations to try to repatriate their citizens.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week his country will not repatriate its citizens with links to Islamic State members.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday reiterated his position announced a day earlier that his government would not help repatriate the latest group.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
His client’s wish — to repatriate the objects and honor Thailand’s cultural heritage — rang always in his ears.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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The plan aims to attract skilled migrants and South African expatriates, especially those working in the United Arab Emirates, which hired large numbers of local engineers during the build-out of its Barakah Nuclear Plant over the last decade.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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What were her feelings about being an expatriate in the years after the Civil War?—
Tyehimba Jess,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Snitker received further praise when he was shown on the jumbotron before the bottom of the fourth inning.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Over the years, the museum has received its share of accolades.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are hundreds of immigrant and refugee students in the district that do not attend INA, and Licata said those students are currently performing better than those at INA.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Over time, the bulbs naturalize and spread throughout the garden without any work on your end.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
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Brown, of Cornell Law School, said these announcements could have prompted some otherwise hesitant people to naturalize before these rules went into effect — or in anticipation of further rules.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Human rights groups and attorneys representing deportees, as well as their family members, say their only hope at this point is for Bukele to restore due process in El Salvador.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2026
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Ugandan authorities previously said their agreement with the U.S. relates to receiving deportees of African origin who do not have a criminal record.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Continue reading … POLITICS TPS TERMINATIONS — Supreme Court weighs Trump effort to terminate temporary protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants.—
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FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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But lawyers for about 350,000 migrants from Haiti and 6,000 from Syria say judges can consider whether authorities followed all the steps laid out in the law.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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In many cases, questions along these lines came from people who described themselves as the children of immigrants and were wondering about their own status.—
Lawrence Glickman,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Second, the jurors who will decide the course of this lawsuit are a fascinating and diverse group, with blue-collar immigrants serving alongside white-colllar retirees.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Those include sites like Bonneville Point – where emigrants got their first glimpse of the Boise River Valley and trail ruts can be seen – and Three Island Crossing State Park, named for the most crucial and challenging river crossing in the state.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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At least one of Mellone’s cases had been rejected in lower courts before the new law, hinging partially on rulings that Italian emigrants who took on another citizenship before having children cannot pass on Italian citizenship.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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