Example Sentences

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John James Audubon was among the reputable witnesses of what are more properly called emigrations, not migrations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

It was considered enough to express the tragedy of emigrations, of displaced people and their long march.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013

It was 1840, three years after the first baptisms, when the emigrations began.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2012

It was sudden climate change on a similar scale, and it resulted in a severe famine in Europe, food riots and mass emigrations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr Thirlwall, on the contrary, who would read the history of a people's wars and emigrations in the fabulous exploits of fabulous persons, is staggered at the story—converts it all into a holiday pageant!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various