as in exile
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war

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Recent Examples of refugee Thousands of Tibetan refugees followed their spiritual leader there. 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 See All Example Sentences for refugee
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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  • The investigation reveals the answers to a decades-long mystery around the mom's identity and the violent fugitive behind the crimes.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In August 2023, Brown was taken into custody as a fugitive in Panama City Beach , Florida, by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, according to a news release.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 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
  • This sent Teddy down a rabbit hole of Internet conspiracy theories that ultimately led to him latching onto the idea that Michelle is an alien-in-disguise from the Andromeda galaxy who was sent to Earth as part of a plot to wipe out humanity.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 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
  • The not-so-blank canvas for this automotive expression is an example of the original Pantera, the collaborative vision of Alejandro de Tomaso, an expatriate of Argentina residing in Italy at the time, and the Ford Motor Company.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025

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