refuge
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In the months since the legal drama began, Lively and Reynolds have attempted to maintain a relatively low profile by taking refuge at their sprawling home in Pound Ridge in upstate New York.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Bin Laden’s deputy, the Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, also found refuge in Pakistan, as did several planners of the 9/11 attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Both locations served as a particular kind of refuge, places where I came to new understandings and occasional epiphanies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Her friend Linsey tells the documentary that Charmain had several relationships, some volatile, and she briefly ended up in a women's refuge.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The tree was really the nymph, Lotis, who fleeing from a pursuer had taken refuge in this form.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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