refuge

For residents like Falb, Wrightwood is a refuge from the big city, where they can breathe clean air and see the stars at night, and kids still ride their bikes in the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

A recession delivers neither, so this time Treasurys may not be the refuge they once were.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The last refuge of people who definitely have a budget but suddenly develop philosophical objections to using it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In the UK, their last known refuge is Wales' largest natural lake - Llyn Tegid - in Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Should he have refused to allow all of his employees safe refuge within the gates of the plant?

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Researchers carried out the study in the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh, one of the country's last major refuges for saltwater crocodiles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

"In the surrounding chalk grassland, they can discover how plants and insects cope with extreme heat, and why shade, varied vegetation and connected habitats can provide vital refuges for wildlife."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mobile home parks in Carson are among the last refuges of affordable housing for many residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Tehran's many parks, usually green lungs in a metropolis often choked by pollution, have become refuges since the fighting began.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Telemarketing, one of the first refuges of the suddenly indigent, can be dismissed on grounds of personality.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

“People are homeless, they have been refuged to the mountains.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Himself I refuged and his train relieved, 'Tis true, but am I sure to be received?

From Heathen Mythology by Various

There I refuged myself till the night came, beat upon by the waves till the breath was well-nigh battered out of my body.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Thus refuged, Clo slipped into the wrap, and arranged the floppy hood.

From The Lion's Mouse by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Still, at the very bottom of her heart lay two thoughts in which her hope refuged itself.

From The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

Debarred the healthier paths of life, man rushes for employment to the refuging muse; and rightly so, for he finds an employment ornamental and useful still.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay

The long snug harbour of Mahon, which was in the days of canvas wings almost always filled with craft refuging, is now in this era of steam usually tenantless.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne