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Recent Examples of refugee
The administration has blocked the admission of refugees, terminated Temporary Protected Status for several countries and removed work authorization for up to 528,000 people by ending the humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
California is home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian refugees, their descendants and others whose roots and relatives remain there.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
France will take some of the refugees; Germany and Poland, already overwhelmed, not so many.
—Air Mail, 21 June 2025
Khalil grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria and was granted permanent U.S. resident status.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
California is home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian refugees, their descendants and others whose roots and relatives remain there.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
France will take some of the refugees; Germany and Poland, already overwhelmed, not so many.
—Air Mail, 21 June 2025
Khalil grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria and was granted permanent U.S. resident status.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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Until then, death and distance blurred together, letters had stopped but the anticipation of returning and seeing my grandmother again, even as a ghost—that sweet suspension of disbelief that exile allows—must have sustained her.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The finale of season two — and specifically how the endorphin-releasing Rocky theme tune, Gonna Fly Now, kicked in just as the crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate that non-League exile was over — felt similarly unassailable.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Most of the fugitives were awaiting court proceedings or trials, like most other inmates.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, one of the other fugitives, was taken into custody in Passaic, N.J., on Friday, the day after the escape in nearby Newark.—
Mike Catalini,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Mejia-Flores was identified as a fugitive alien with a Final Order of Removal.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Heading into the weekend, the otherworldly tale about a young boy who connects with aliens after getting mistaken for Earth’s intergalactic ambassador was aiming for $25 million to $30 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2025
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In either case, American expatriates still living in North America make up a major share of the total estimate of U.S. citizens living overseas.—
Michael Bartiromo,
The Hill,
14 June 2025
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From 2020 to 2023, Black in Tulum emerged as a significant hub for Black American travelers, connecting Tulum to Playa del Carmen, now one of the world’s top destinations for Black American expatriates.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
13 June 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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