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Recent Examples of refugees
The move by the White Housemarks a sharp departure from the Biden administration’s ceiling of 125,000 refugees last year.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Eritreans, who make up the second largest share of refugees recorded in Libya according to the United Nations, fall into this group.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Remembering Kayla Kayla Mueller was a 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker from Arizona who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 while helping Syrian refugees near the Turkish border.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Thousands of Tibetan refugees followed their spiritual leader there.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The question of this conference was what should happen with the Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Washington is reportedly planning to allow 7,000 white Afrikaners into the country, out of a total of just 7,500 refugees this year.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Those include an Ikea training and skills program for refugees, which to date reached over 3,700 people, and Ikea’s retail arm providing direct job opportunities to refugees from Syria and more recently, Ukraine, Brodin said.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Eritreans, who make up the second largest share of refugees recorded in Libya according to the United Nations, fall into this group.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Remembering Kayla Kayla Mueller was a 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker from Arizona who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 while helping Syrian refugees near the Turkish border.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Thousands of Tibetan refugees followed their spiritual leader there.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The question of this conference was what should happen with the Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Washington is reportedly planning to allow 7,000 white Afrikaners into the country, out of a total of just 7,500 refugees this year.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Those include an Ikea training and skills program for refugees, which to date reached over 3,700 people, and Ikea’s retail arm providing direct job opportunities to refugees from Syria and more recently, Ukraine, Brodin said.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugees
Noun
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No World Cup has been less about the self-aggrandizement of the hosts and yet no World Cup has ever been so overtly political as the 1938 tournament, as exiles from Germany and Italy took the opportunity to make very public their opposition to fascism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This against-the-odds plot had parallels to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs incursion in Cuba, backed by the CIA and involving roughly 1,400 exiles.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, the evacuees were never allowed to return, and the dogs left at the exclusion zone were abandoned and considered strays.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Corcoran designs greeting cards, prints and notepads in a style that is nostalgic for expatriates, said Crawford, whose mother is an expat.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Refugees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugees. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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