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refugee

[ref-yoo-jee, ref-yoo-jee] / ˌrɛf jʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf jʊˌdʒi /


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Not yet 30, the energetically self-assured German refugee soon mesmerizes the narrator and his four closest classmates—Aharon, Dan, Yair and Aya, the only female among them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The disputed settlement emerged from a 1985 lawsuit over the fate of 15-year-old Jenny Flores, a Salvadoran refugee who was picked up by federal immigration enforcement and left to languish in detention in Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Relief workers are also worried about water contamination and disease spreading in refugee camps that have sprung up around La Guaira and Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Syria is seeking economic support to rebuild after years of brutal war that helped rise to the Islamic State extremist group and generated a major refugee crisis.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

For a year he’d worked in a refugee camp with an international aid organization.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

Asylum seekers and refugees are also exempt, as are some of those who receive disability benefits.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

But as mayor, Burnham argued issues out of his control exacerbated the problem with the underlying housing shortage, cost-of-living pressures and refugees being evicted from hotels meaning the numbers have remained high.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

As the Russians retreated in Poland, abandoning town after town to the Germans, terrified refugees were fleeing in all directions.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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