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Recent Examples of refugee
The Indiana judge who was shot at his home by an unknown gunman previously made headlines in the high-profile case of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian refugee accused of masquerading as a child.
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Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
On the same day, at Southside Presbyterian Church, in Tucson, Arizona, a similar press conference was held at the prompting of an eccentric goat herder named Jim Corbett, who had been sheltering refugees for the past year and had turned to the church for help.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
There have been a lot of refugees resettled in various parts of Kentucky in recent years.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
Reunited with the men, the family crosses the Mekong in canoes to refugee camps in Thailand on a dark and rainy night.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
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Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
On the same day, at Southside Presbyterian Church, in Tucson, Arizona, a similar press conference was held at the prompting of an eccentric goat herder named Jim Corbett, who had been sheltering refugees for the past year and had turned to the church for help.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
There have been a lot of refugees resettled in various parts of Kentucky in recent years.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
Reunited with the men, the family crosses the Mekong in canoes to refugee camps in Thailand on a dark and rainy night.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
Noun
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Anarchism ushered in by machines, Eden’s exile reversed by robots, a millennium not of the angels but of androids.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The veteran journalist, who had spent more than a decade in exile, traveled to Iran to see and care for his aging parents.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Humberto Rodriguez Martinez, accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in 2017, was extradited to Orange County after eight years as a fugitive in Mexico.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The film could also redouble the efforts of federal prosecutors to go after a man who recently became an American fugitive.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So, a massive alien falling onto it is an undeniable presence, looming over everything.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bequests may align with the expatriate's death year for potentially later deadlines.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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When there’s major news involving Venezuela, TV cameras reflexively rush to Doral, hoping to document the reactions of expatriates living in Florida.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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