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refugee
noun as in person running from something, often oppression
Example Sentences
Syrian refugees desperate for help said at first he seemed like "an angel".
The government noted that Liberia is an English-speaking country and is "committed to the humane treatment of refugees."
Theirs was a generation that had come through the war and been obliged to learn a new way of living: In these stories you will find references to ration books, refugees and firebombs.
More than one million Syrian refugees have already returned from abroad and nearly double as many have returned to their places of origin after being displaced inside the country, UN figures show.
Israel has at times restricted the operations of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or Unrwa, which is the primary provider of aid in Gaza.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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