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Recent Examples of refugee
But the dire economic situation and battered infrastructure have also dissuaded many refugees from coming back.
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Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
Poland has taken in more than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees since Russian launched its invasion in February 2022.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Nicole’s story is one of hope and transformation Similar programs are being delivered with funding from ECW in response to the Venezuelan regional refugee crisis in Colombia and Ecuador.
—Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 22 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
Poland has taken in more than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees since Russian launched its invasion in February 2022.
—Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Nicole’s story is one of hope and transformation Similar programs are being delivered with funding from ECW in response to the Venezuelan regional refugee crisis in Colombia and Ecuador.
—Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
Noun
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While his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn became classics, Twain made poor financial decisions that bankrupted him and forced him to flee the country and spend nearly a decade in exile.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Tens of thousands went into exile, a large portion of them to Nova Scotia, to other parts of Canada or across the Atlantic Ocean to England.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Separately, police said that more than 100 officers are now searching for Decker, with more than 500 tips coming in from the public as police said their focus on the fugitive has narrowed.—
Michael Dorgan , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Federal prosecutors said Pratt liquidated his assets, fled the U.S. and lived as an international fugitive for more than three years before his arrest in Spain in December 2022.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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One of the most prolific voice actors in the business, Baker has made a career out of bringing animals, creatures, and the occasional chaotic alien to life.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Enter Stitch, aka Experiment 626, a destructive alien who lands on Earth just when Lilo needs him the most.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Artist Moses Jacob Ezekiel, an American expatriate in Rome, was handpicked in the late 1870s by Corcoran to sculpt this prestigious commission.—
Samantha Baskind,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 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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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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