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haven

[hay-vuhn] / ˈheɪ vən /


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Before dinner is served, a masked man approaches people in the crowd — half in costumes, half in formalwear — in Clifton’s second-story ballroom, once a swing dancing haven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

They offered to increase monitoring, change the academic timetable, provide a safe haven and change staff intervention processes.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The city is a traditional transit point and haven for migrants, and between 2020 and 2025, it received some 25,000 foreigners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

U.S. investors are turning to bonds as a safe haven to avoid riskier tech stocks, given the AI turmoil this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Before they reached their desired haven, however, a long time passed, and much happened which if they had known beforehand might have checked their eagerness.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Treasury yields fell to their lowest levels since September as worries about French government debt sent investors searching for safe havens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Safe havens benefited, with the yen rallying against the dollar, helped by strong Japanese inflation data that boosted bets on another interest rate hike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Those safe havens come in the form of nest boxes, specially designed to resemble the tree cavities barn owls nest in that are disappearing from our countryside.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In the Olympic hospitality pecking order, the premium lounges beat the leisure lounges and the hospitality pavilions, which provide shared havens for followers of multiple sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

High towers that people built, and strong places, and havens of many ships; and the winged crown of the Kings of Men was held in awe by folk of many tongues.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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