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In what Mr. Hoyos calls “an amoral act of public policy,” Scipio massacred the townspeople of Ilugo for killing survivors of his father’s and uncle’s defeats who had sought refuge there five years earlier.

She’s seeking refuge with her sister: “my baby! . . . Stella for Star!”

Ms Martin said the charity worked with a lot of women fleeing domestic violence who turned up to refuges with their children and nothing else, having left it all behind.

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Back then, she sought refuge in Norway where she made a new life for herself, continuing her education and becoming a nurse, while meeting her new husband, who also bodybuilds.

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“My work can be very stressful at times, so having a place of refuge came naturally.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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