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Recent Examples of refugee
Thousands of Tibetan refugees followed their spiritual leader there.
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Exceptions to the five-year waiting period include refugees, asylees, victims of trafficking, certain military families, children under 18, and individuals who meet disability or hardship criteria.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The question of this conference was what should happen with the Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
But life as a culture war refugee comes at a price.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Exceptions to the five-year waiting period include refugees, asylees, victims of trafficking, certain military families, children under 18, and individuals who meet disability or hardship criteria.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The question of this conference was what should happen with the Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
But life as a culture war refugee comes at a price.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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No World Cup has been less about the self-aggrandizement of the hosts and yet no World Cup has ever been so overtly political as the 1938 tournament, as exiles from Germany and Italy took the opportunity to make very public their opposition to fascism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her name appears on records for a modest condominium in Tampa, where her father and other family live in exile.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Gatica has remained an ICE fugitive since that ruling, officials said, living in California, which designates itself a sanctuary state.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Chinese fugitive has been a Mar-a-Lago member.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Carol is repulsed by how regressive this sounds and nearly loses her temper for an alien-shaking third time in the episode.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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That’s because the third act reveals that Teddy was right all along, and Michelle is an alien.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Corcoran designs greeting cards, prints and notepads in a style that is nostalgic for expatriates, said Crawford, whose mother is an expat.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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