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Recent Examples of refugee
And, for all that, the Trump administration halted refugee resettlement funding.
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Mary Hallan Fiorito, National Review, 27 Feb. 2025
Over the past few weeks, my family has watched with dread as the Trump administration has closed the borders of the United States to asylum seekers and refugees just like in World War II.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
The war touched the lives of everyone at the table, including al Arnab, who lost his three restaurants in Damascus and came to the U.K. as a refugee in 2015 with just $15 in his pocket.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The ruling came in a challenge filed by several refugee resettlement organizations whose lawsuit earlier this month argued that President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of the U.S. refugee program was unlawful and causing irreparable harm.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
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Mary Hallan Fiorito, National Review, 27 Feb. 2025
Over the past few weeks, my family has watched with dread as the Trump administration has closed the borders of the United States to asylum seekers and refugees just like in World War II.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025
The war touched the lives of everyone at the table, including al Arnab, who lost his three restaurants in Damascus and came to the U.K. as a refugee in 2015 with just $15 in his pocket.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The ruling came in a challenge filed by several refugee resettlement organizations whose lawsuit earlier this month argued that President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension of the U.S. refugee program was unlawful and causing irreparable harm.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
Noun
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Dugin ultimately left the National Patriotic Front and began meeting with Eduard Limonov, the writer, who had just returned to Russia after nearly two decades in exile.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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Rushdie had been scheduled Aug. 12, 2022, to deliver a talk about how the United States has been a safe haven for writers and other artists in exile at the Chautauqua Institution amphitheater.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Clark was arrested in Mexico last year by Mexican authorities and was among the 29 fugitives who were extradited to the U.S. from Mexico last week, while Wedding's whereabouts remain unknown, the FBI said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Connecticut State Police assigned to the airport were notified by U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement about a fugitive who was onboard a flight scheduled to land in Windsor Locks around 4:30 p.m. on Monday.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Every now and then, a fresh Mickey slips out of the regeneration machine and tumbles slickly onto the floor like a fleshy alien.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Kate Mara is stalked by creepy aliens while in lockdown at a remote safe house in The Astronaut, a new sci-fi thriller from writer-director Jess Varley.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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International tax practitioners — and U.S. taxpayers living abroad — will be happy to see that one portion of the draft is devoted to expatriates.—
Nana Ama Sarfo,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Property transferred to a U.S. recipient because the covered expatriate made a qualified disclaimer with respect to the asset.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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