haven
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A haven for refugees fleeing a civil war in the late ’90s, Minnesota is home to some 80,000 people of Somali descent, most of whom are citizens.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Shojin Samson, 23, came to Marquette from India, he felt St. Camillus would be a safe haven for him that felt like his home community, which also features a mix of generations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The meadow has become a haven for other wildlife, including dragonflies and grasshoppers.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But when the Arab Spring protests broke out a few years later, Dubai benefited, as investors looked for a haven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
School had always been a safe haven for him, and he’d counted on finding someone there who could give him a better idea of what was going on.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
There are also some charts to indicate the sectors that may provide technical havens for those who worry about further volatility but aren’t quite ready to get out of the market altogether.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
It enabled the business to dictate the policies it is known for and, as its website states, its pubs are "havens from the digital world".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Markets tend to view digital assets as high risk volatile bets—cryptos long ago ditched any perception of being safe havens.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Despite those concerns, real estate, consumer staples and healthcare stocks all ended the week higher, lifted by investors hunting for havens from the chip-stock turbulence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The natural state of things is coldness, and houses are fragile havens, holdouts in a death landscape, unforgettably comfortable, simple though they are, just because of their warmth.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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