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evacuees

noun

plural of evacuee

as in refugees

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters

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Recent Examples of evacuees The Marquette County Sheriff's Office and American Red Cross will assist evacuees and pets at Negaunee Township Hall. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 By then, hordes of evacuees from the North Tower were walking north on Sixth Avenue to escape the terror. — Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The evacuees had been brought from the nearby community of Trishuli. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 There are rumors about evacuees not being able to secure hotel rooms thanks to out-of-towners. — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026 Local officials opened shelters for evacuees as crews closed roads and shuttered local schools. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Teresa Lenshyn, who is among the evacuees, said being forced to leave was chaotic and stressful. — Haven Daly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Casinos in Reno offered discounts on hotel rooms to evacuees. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Rocky Ripple town council president Randy Sanders told evacuees that the evacuation could last until tomorrow evening — or longer. — Tilly Robinson, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026

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refugees

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The case centers on the Cuban government shooting down two Brothers to the Rescue flights, a civilian rescue group dedicated to saving refugees fleeing the authoritarian Castro regime — then run by Raul Castro’s older brother Fidel.

— Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Trump has vastly expanded ICE to ramp up deportations of immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, and the agency was a major part of last year’s law-enforcement surge in the Chicago area known as Operation Midway Blitz.

— Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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