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Recent Examples of refugee
And then there is the fact that FIFA chose Afghan women’s refugee team as the name of the group.
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
In 1945, three men — two Jewish refugees living in Brooklyn and one Nazi deserter — enlisted in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Democrats are not going to argue that non-citizens who show up in emergency rooms should be denied care, or that people who got refugee status but have not become citizens don’t deserve access to ACA plans.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
In 1945, three men — two Jewish refugees living in Brooklyn and one Nazi deserter — enlisted in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Democrats are not going to argue that non-citizens who show up in emergency rooms should be denied care, or that people who got refugee status but have not become citizens don’t deserve access to ACA plans.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
Noun
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Some paid dearly for their dissent by losing their jobs, being sent to prison labor camps, being confined in psychiatric institutions, and/or forced into exile.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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The emirate has funded its governance in Gaza (at times at Netanyahu’s unwise request) and hosted its leaders in exile for years.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The male fugitive was wanted on suspicion of a federal probation violation on an original charge of possession of drugs for distribution, according to a Marshals Service news release.—
Michelle Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The fugitive was sought in the killings of his three daughters, who were found dead near a Washington state campground in June.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Labrador-Sierra pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an alien, making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and using false documents.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The alien, to a degree, represents nature.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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The social-media ban cut off many of these expatriates from their families.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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While Kitsch is terrific as Edwards, the show’s dark horse is Tom Hopper, who plays Navy SEAL Lieutenant, Raife Hastings, a Rhodesian expatriate.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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