decamped; decamping; decamps
Examples of decamp in a Sentence
She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
Recent Examples on the Web
As per British tradition, more than 200,000 people—A-listers among them—decamped to a dairy farm in Pilton, Somerset, over the weekend for Glastonbury, headlined this year by Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA.
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Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 1 July 2024
One important point to attaining these objectives is for the losing presidential candidate (or departing president) to decamp from the party leadership, leaving it to new entrants to set the party’s direction.
—Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
Oneworld Picture/Getty Every summer during her reign, Queen Elizabeth and other members of the royal family would decamp to Balmoral, her estate in the Scottish Highlands.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2023
Eisenhower liked the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had decamped to Taiwan.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 1 July 2024
One important point to attaining these objectives is for the losing presidential candidate (or departing president) to decamp from the party leadership, leaving it to new entrants to set the party’s direction.
—Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
Oneworld Picture/Getty Every summer during her reign, Queen Elizabeth and other members of the royal family would decamp to Balmoral, her estate in the Scottish Highlands.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2023
Eisenhower liked the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had decamped to Taiwan.
—Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decamp. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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