refuge

Where exactly Irving got the name “Sleepy Hollow” is uncertain, but some historians point to the Dutch “Slaepers’ Haven,” an inlet that may have provided refuge for sailors plying the Hudson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Now resting on the seabed between two islands, it is apparent the ship likely sought refuge in the lee waters during a storm.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

For Hodges, painting has long been a refuge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

For those now looking to escape, the question is whether the West will offer them refuge — or send them back.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Over the next two decades, the Osage were forced to cede nearly a hundred million acres of their ancestral land, ultimately finding refuge in a 50-by-125-mile area in southeastern Kansas.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The study, funded by the Morris Animal Foundation, involved sampling more than 500 snakes from two wildlife refuges in South Carolina and Florida, covering 29 species.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 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

Theodore Roosevelt established 52 bird refuges, five national parks and 150 national forests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

The refuge manager believes that pesticide residues are now building up in the waters of these refuges, being conveyed there by return irrigation flow from heavily sprayed agricultural lands.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Harold said as clearly as I speak now, and he refuged himself on Hugh’s sound shoulder, and stretched out, and lay all still.’

From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

A hungry wolf had thinned the fold, Safely he refuged on the wold; And, as in den secure he lay, The thefts of night regaled his day.

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

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

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

From Heathen Mythology by Various

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

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