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Recent Examples of refugee
My criteria here was writing by refugees or writing with a focus on refugee narrators.
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration nevertheless granted refugee status to Afrikaners—despite cracking down on asylum-seekers from virtually all other countries—and welcomed the first group of Afrikaners to the U.S. earlier this month.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
During the pandemic alone, more than 12,000 jars of mangoes were distributed to health clinics and refugee settlements.
—John Okot, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
The March, and the Madrid Accords agreement between Spain, Morocco and Mauretania that followed, signified regime change and the forceful displacement of majority of Sahrawis, many of whom now live in refugee camps in Algeria.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration nevertheless granted refugee status to Afrikaners—despite cracking down on asylum-seekers from virtually all other countries—and welcomed the first group of Afrikaners to the U.S. earlier this month.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
During the pandemic alone, more than 12,000 jars of mangoes were distributed to health clinics and refugee settlements.
—John Okot, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
The March, and the Madrid Accords agreement between Spain, Morocco and Mauretania that followed, signified regime change and the forceful displacement of majority of Sahrawis, many of whom now live in refugee camps in Algeria.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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Foundation, which last dropped a fresh episode back in September 2023, follows a band of exiles on their journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
7 May 2025
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Based on Isaac Asimov’s trilogy, season 3 continues the epic chronicle of a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Another fugitive, Boyd, is awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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He has been detained there without bail since being extradited from Thailand in March 2023 following his arrest there as a fugitive.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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And then this person, this superhuman, this alien has come along who all those things come naturally to in many ways.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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Zuniga-Luna and Rodriguez-Leyva were arrested Monday on charges of bringing in aliens resulting in death and bringing in aliens for financial gain, the U.S. attorney's office said.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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Speaking virtually no English at the time, Mr. Kanevsky joined a community of Ukrainian expatriates who had settled in and around Hoboken, N.J.—
Guy Trebay,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dynastic planning should ideally incorporate sufficient flexibility to ensure any irrevocable trust structures do not implicate foreign trust tax and administrative burdens especially when those benefiting from the trusts obtain multiple citizenships, change residencies, or expatriate.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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