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refuge

[ref-yooj] / ˈrɛf yudʒ /


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The department did not immediately respond to a request Sunday for comment about where the eagles took up refuge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

“I had to seek refuge, travel by ambulance across borders.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

In total, nearly a hundred refuge sites have been mapped out and incorporated into operational evacuation plans designed to quickly guide people to safe places.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Located in the city center, the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theater became a makeshift bomb shelter in the immediate days after the invasion, housing up to 1,500 Mariupoltsi pursuing refuge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“If Adiah has been here all this time, in refuge, how did she become”—he hesitated—“the Shetani?”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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