refuge

The two clergy agree that many locals view their respective communities as "a refuge" against life in an area with poverty rates far above the national average.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Researchers believe the area functioned as a relatively stable ecological refuge, maintaining vital habitats and resources over long periods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

For Hodges, painting has long been a refuge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Many American readers know him as the guy who traveled to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu in February 2012 to retrieve Bo’s police chief, who had sought refuge there following a rift with Bo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The tree was really the nymph, Lotis, who fleeing from a pursuer had taken refuge in this form.

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

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

Scientists say the discovery strengthens the idea that cemeteries can act as important refuges for biodiversity.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 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

These farmlands around the refuges are now irrigated by > water from Upper Klamath Lake.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

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

The ministers of the Lord, that have refuged themselves to this little sanctuary, both increase and honour the number of them that swear, their own callings, and themselves.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr

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

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

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

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