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refuge

[ref-yooj] / ˈrɛf judʒ /


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

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

Between recovering from her first heartbreak and overcoming burnout from her debut album “Queen of the Clouds,” the remote town has offered her a seaside refuge ever since childhood.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 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

This means recognizing that the U.S. homeland is no longer a geographic refuge.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“And if Farbranch ain’t a refuge, sister, then what is it?”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, many cities have established "heat refuges", which are air-conditioned public buildings where anyone can go in and escape the worst of the weather.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Other such eastern refuges were established, and it looked for a time as if the problem of how to preserve America’s most despised animal had been found.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

A disturbing example of the latter seems to be building up on the national wildlife refuges at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath, both in California.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2022

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

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

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

Exults on hearing, from his man Will., that the lady has refuged herself at Hampstead.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Samuel Richardson

The light of that furnace shone through the lattice stonework of the tomb, and in its lurid and ominous glare Adrian beheld the faces of those who refuged with him.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard

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




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