How to Use repatriate in a Sentence

repatriate

verb
  • Countries are required to repatriate prisoners of war when conflict has ended.
  • And some of his peers who moved away would like to repatriate but are shut out of the market.
    — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Some refugees forcibly repatriated to the regime state have lived in the country for decades.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Both groups have clamored for the boys’ home countries to repatriate them.
    — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Two of them have been repatriated to their home countries.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Does your body get repatriated?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • He was later repatriated to Afghanistan the same day.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • He was repatriated back to Afghanistan later that day.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Rohingya who have been repatriated in the past have been forced to live in camps in Myanmar.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • And this week, nearly four decades after it had been stolen, the watch was repatriated at his family home.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 June 2024
  • The expenses stem from a one-time tax charge to repatriate, or return to its home country, overseas cash or funds.
    — Lisa Marie Segarra, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2018
  • More flights are set to repatriate the other cruise ship passengers, and some of the ship’s crew, later today.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • His lawyers have managed to frustrate efforts to repatriate most of the funds frozen in his British bank accounts.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The flights were mostly used to help repatriate Canadians stuck over the border.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2020
  • This isn’t the first time the museum has repatriated art linked to Latchford.
    — Maysoon Khan, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Were all of the people arrested on the first day, for instance, repatriated?
    — ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the family is trying to repatriate her body back home to Guatemala.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The journey home was even extended by two weeks, as the ship stopped off at various ports to repatriate crew members.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2020
  • The school is in the process of repatriating or sending back skulls to their original locations.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 29 May 2025
  • Originally from what is now Iraq, the next step will be to repatriate it to that country, experts say.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • Eighteen more hostages, believed deceased, still have not been repatriated.
    — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • One of the five was a Russian girl who was repatriated to Russia, the first lady said.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Danish pension funds were one of the first to repatriate money and reduce their dollar exposure this time last year.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Both sides agreed to repatriate the bodies of 6,000 soldiers, Umerov said.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • Many were repatriated to the lagoon at the mouth of the creek in a moving ceremony last June.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The back-and-forth attacks have left airlines with little recourse to repatriate travelers.
    — Leslie Josephs,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But, because of the disease, the man's family was not able to repatriate his body and bury him in Oaxaca.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Plans are underway to bring in forensics experts to identify and repatriate the remains of the children found buried on the site.
    — Rob Gillies, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2021
  • The body was repatriated to the Mongbwalu health zone, a mining area with a large population.
    — ABC News, 20 May 2026
  • Hundreds of remains have been repatriated since 1990, but the process has been fraught with mistrust.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 12 July 2018

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