- plural of refugee.
refugees
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As Mr. Specht turns to the 20th century, we meet Dust Bowl refugees outside Phoenix on their way to California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Seversons are refugees from “the city” who have decamped to the suburbs in hopes of getting their spark back as a family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The U.S. government granted Omar’s family, refugees from Somalia, asylum in 1995.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The family later fled to the US as refugees through the UN, but the trauma of those lost years still weighs heavily on them.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
For a while we traveled with three other refugees from the invading army, a Dinka woman and her two daughters.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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