repatriate
verb (used with object)
to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to their country or land of citizenship.
were repatriating
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past progressiveof repatriate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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U.S. authorities said they were repatriating passengers from the cruise ship struck by a rare hantavirus outbreak, transporting them in biocontainment units after one American tested positive and another showed symptoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The yen soared to a postwar high on speculation local insurers were repatriating overseas assets to pay for reconstruction, prompting Group of Seven nations to sell the currency to weaken it and bolster Japanese exports.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 22, 2011
Japan said there’s no evidence insurance companies were repatriating assets from abroad due to the risk of radiation leaks from a quake-crippled nuclear plant north of Tokyo.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 18, 2011
Word spread rapidly that the British were repatriating the young men who had fled to learn the saboteur's trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
