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refuge

[ref-yooj] / ˈrɛf judʒ /


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Tamang ultimately managed to take refuge with a few others in the village of Shanti Bazar for two days until the army came to rescue them.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

As a result, investors were seeking refuge in metals and cryptocurrencies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Ms. Rundell movingly describes her own childhood, when reading provided refuge from the “raucous panopticon” of life with her large family.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

With them inching closer to the city, Dezhyna and her parents are again thinking about whether they should flee to refuge, far from her beloved Izyum.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

They had taken refuge in a temple, Perseus was told.

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

"In the surrounding chalk grassland, they can discover how plants and insects cope with extreme heat, and why shade, varied vegetation and connected habitats can provide vital refuges for wildlife."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

When the trees of the Singer Tract were at last clear-cut beginning in 1937, however, the wolves it had harbored were shot on sight, as they were when the leases of other refuges expired.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

Booth doesn’t have any business at Grover’s Theatre, but theaters are safe refuges, no matter what city he’s visiting.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“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

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

The Serb students refuged in London had post cards printed of the murderer Princip, on which he was described as a national hero!

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham

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

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




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