refuge
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In total, nearly a hundred refuge sites have been mapped out and incorporated into operational evacuation plans designed to quickly guide people to safe places.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The mosque, one of the largest Muslim centers in this city of 1.4 million people, has always been a refuge.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Ulster Wildlife said recent research emerging from across the UK and Ireland suggested hedgehogs were retreating to towns and cities and that urban gardens may be their last refuge.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The targets of the HKETO’s spying campaign included Nathan Law, Finn Lau and Christopher Mung, who sought refuge in the U.K. after fleeing Hong Kong under threat of arrest for promoting democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
From that night on Aureliano took refuge in the compassionate tenderness and understanding of his unknown great-great-grandmother.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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