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Recent Examples of refugee
That leaves out a number of immigrants living in Connecticut, including refugees, asylum seekers, people here on humanitarian parole, people applying for refugee or asylum, and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, immigration lawyers say.
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Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2025
To keep students engaged while school was out, International Rescue Committee hosted a summer program in City Heights for students — recently arrived refugees who were not just learning a new language, but were learning a new city, a new country, a new way of life.
—Lee D Gerston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Once known as a social conservative, Grech's views have evolved through the years, and he's defended Pope Francis' inclusion of LGBTQ people and support for immigrants and refugees in Europe.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
More than 400,000 refugees residing there have since fled, most to the remote town of Tawila in northern Darfur.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 May 2025
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Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2025
To keep students engaged while school was out, International Rescue Committee hosted a summer program in City Heights for students — recently arrived refugees who were not just learning a new language, but were learning a new city, a new country, a new way of life.
—Lee D Gerston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Once known as a social conservative, Grech's views have evolved through the years, and he's defended Pope Francis' inclusion of LGBTQ people and support for immigrants and refugees in Europe.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
More than 400,000 refugees residing there have since fled, most to the remote town of Tawila in northern Darfur.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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The rebels captured Goma for the first time in 2012 but hastily withdrew, as military defeats and international sanctions slapped on their Rwandan backers forced them into exile.—
Sophie Neiman,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Apr. 2025
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Senior members of the World Uyghur Congress living in exile were among the targets.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Turner is also a fugitive wanted in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Maryland, police said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bustamante-Leiva didn’t show up for his court date and became a fugitive on March 19 with officers actively looking for him, the NYPD said.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The red-eyed alien in question is zapped back to its hive, and the Doctor gives Ruby an antidote to drink so that she can’t be tracked.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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He’s clearly being controlled—and collaborating with the aliens.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
1 May 2025
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Dynastic planning should ideally incorporate sufficient flexibility to ensure any irrevocable trust structures do not implicate foreign trust tax and administrative burdens especially when those benefiting from the trusts obtain multiple citizenships, change residencies, or expatriate.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Their compatriots and expatriates turned the first five days of the Miami Open into a Fonseca fest.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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