refugees
Example Sentences
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Fighting between Myanmar's military and myriad rebel factions has spilled over the long border with Thailand, which hosts millions of refugees from Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
All of this leaves hundreds of thousands of Myanmar's war refugees, including those in Mae Sot, in devastating limbo.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The trek takes Etna across a bombed-out city and into a mountain range occupied by refugees and guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
A haven for refugees fleeing a civil war in the late ’90s, Minnesota is home to some 80,000 people of Somali descent, most of whom are citizens.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
At the end of this campaign, five thousand Cherokees were made refugees, and the number of deaths remained uncounted.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
