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[ref-yooj] / ˈrɛf judʒ /


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The Morel Corp. is building a stately eco dome on a remote Greek island: a refuge for plutocratic preppers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Our investigation has found that other Syrian officials connected to the Tice case have also apparently found refuge abroad.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

For residents like Falb, Wrightwood is a refuge from the big city, where they can breathe clean air and see the stars at night, and kids still ride their bikes in the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

A recession delivers neither, so this time Treasurys may not be the refuge they once were.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Embittered by failure, yearning for a safe place where he could await old age, the false homeopath took refuge in Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Mobile home parks in Carson are among the last refuges of affordable housing for many residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, many cities have established "heat refuges", which are air-conditioned public buildings where anyone can go in and escape the worst of the weather.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Scientists say the discovery strengthens the idea that cemeteries can act as important refuges for biodiversity.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

Tehran's many parks, usually green lungs in a metropolis often choked by pollution, have become refuges since the fighting began.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Booth doesn’t have any business at Grover’s Theatre, but theaters are safe refuges, no matter what city he’s visiting.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“People are homeless, they have been refuged to the mountains.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Of the native population many refuged in the Albanian mountains, where they retained their language.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham

Still, at the very bottom of her heart lay two thoughts, in which her hope refuged itself.

From The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

The light of that furnace shone through the lattice stonework of the tomb, and in its lurid and ominous glare Adrian beheld the faces of those who refuged with him.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard

Exults on hearing, from his man Will., that the lady has refuged herself at Hampstead.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Samuel Richardson

The long snug harbour of Mahon, which was in the days of canvas wings almost always filled with craft refuging, is now in this era of steam usually tenantless.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

Debarred the healthier paths of life, man rushes for employment to the refuging muse; and rightly so, for he finds an employment ornamental and useful still.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay




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