refuge
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Fearing the worst, Kendal flees with Rosie to London to accept refuge from Rico, Kendal’s old boss at Bon Temps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
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
At a refuge centre in Voropaiv, near the capital Kyiv, more than 200 birds have been housed, including dozens wounded in the war.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
At a place called Camp Davis, a holiday complex, forty-six people, mostly women and children, took refuge from the rising flood waters in the camp’s main building.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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