Word: influx
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lost 40,000 people, nearly 10% of its population, since 1985. In Yakutia, the Arctic city of Cherski, near the mouth of the Kolyma River above the Arctic Circle, has lost nearly half its population in just the past two years. (Recently, though, it has had a reported influx of Russian mafia hit men who use the town as a "riverbed"--slang for a hiding place--to cool off between assassinations...
...Serb refugees streamed out of the Krajina region in Croatia after the territory was retaken from the Serbs by Croatian forces. As joyous Croats celebrated, bitter Serbs denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whom they faulted for not coming to their aid. Yugoslav officials, struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees, announced plans to send thousands of them to Kosovo, a region that is 90% ethnic Albanian and that many fear will be the next Balkan powder...
...meant a few more strip malls were required, not to mention houses and more roads. Before long, paradise started to look a lot like Toledo, Ohio. Or Los Angeles. Now many Westerners--led, perhaps peevishly, by the last wave of settlers--are fighting to slow development and stop the influx of new residents...
...recent incessant influx of clueless commercial users has led serious 'Net-heads to declare the existence of "perpetual September." Your parents may or may not have an e-mail account, but they probably have some idea of what you're talking about...
...campaign now seems like a rousing success after this spring's action, however. Despite an influx of talented freshmen, the team stumbled to one of the worst seasons in school history (10-25 overall 6-14 Ivy), plummeting it to the last place in the league...