are evacuating
- present progressive of evacuate.
Example Sentences
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Garden Grove police chief Amir El-Farra said most people are evacuating, but about 15% are refusing to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as meltwater escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier - raising fears of record-breaking flooding in the US state's capital city.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Some governments such as the United States, France and Germany are evacuating citizens by charter flights but some planes are full and others have been cancelled as airlines wrestle with the risks.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023
Aid workers who remained during the start of the coup are evacuating on U.N. run flights to Burkina Faso.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
“Evacuate now! The federals have entered Nsukka! We are evacuating now! Right now! I am going to all the houses still occupied. Evacuate now!”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
