refuge
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Consequences of the conflict also spilled across the border into India, with thousands of people, many from Myanmar's Chin ethnic minority, taking refuge in India's north-eastern states of Mizoram and Manipur.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“I had to seek refuge, travel by ambulance across borders.”
From Salon • May 27, 2026
In total, nearly a hundred refuge sites have been mapped out and incorporated into operational evacuation plans designed to quickly guide people to safe places.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
In Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s 1965 novel for young readers, a 12-year-old girl finds an enchanting refuge in a forbidding mansion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
My refuge from the nightmare of Plaszów was now a trap.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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