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Danny described what he'd remembered — how, when I was three, my mother and I had decamped from our home in Jersey City to his in a quaint Boston suburb.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024

The Finnish court had decamped to the Liberian capital, Monrovia, for a while to hear local testimony.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022

Major retailers had decamped for the suburbs, and blight had swept up and down the once-grand corridor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2021

He was the first Northern Virginian to become governor since Robert E. Lee’s nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, won 96 years earlier, though he had decamped for Stafford County by then.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

Brady had decamped for his own wedding and his new post in St. Louis; Cooksey and Kurie had returned East.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik