asylum
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On the corner of one is a house that protesters believe was home to five asylum seekers.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Relations broke down after former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez sought asylum in the Mexican embassy in November 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yet over his eight year term, Spain’s grant rate for asylum seekers has dropped from 35% to 12%—far below many other countries, including the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers followed, arriving on small boats from France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He is only nine-and-twenty, and he has an immense lunatic asylum all under his own care.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
We no longer write of ideæ, chori, asyla, musea, sphinges, specimina for ideas, choruses, asylums, museums, sphinxes, specimens, and the notion of returning to such plurals would seem barbarous and absurd.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
Greece had its famous asyla, but the custom of our own country was probably influenced from Hebrew rather than classical sources.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
Or were they swimming with the normative current in order to maintain careers, families, social standing — or, for that matter, to avoid being sent to asylums for shock treatment?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Orson and Lorenzo, consummate showmen, were summoned to prisons, where they inspected the heads of inmates and guessed their crimes; at lunatic asylums they were challenged to identify the patients’ disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
In the 1960s, public opinion turned against involuntary commitments and the abuses of “snakepit” asylums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
It is open to those with an interest in "history and mystery" and involves picking up on paranormal activity using "the latest ghost-hunting equipment" at Willow Court, one of Australia's oldest asylums.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Try as I might to believe that she was done thinking about the Home for the Friendless, there were any number of new asylums being built each month in Chicago.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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