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Recent Examples of refugee
Never mind the Sudanese refugees or the starving Ethiopians or the mass shootings in our own country or the myriad ways people suffered and died all over the world every single day.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Last year, Ben & Jerry’s filed a lawsuit against Unilever, accusing the parent company of censoring its public statements to support Palestinian refugees and resolutions to end military aid to Israel.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Transit officials in North Carolina released a graphic video showing the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a light rail train.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And the Orizzonti jury prize was handed to Japanese director Akio Fujimoto for his drama Lost Land, the story of two Rohingya child refugees on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Last year, Ben & Jerry’s filed a lawsuit against Unilever, accusing the parent company of censoring its public statements to support Palestinian refugees and resolutions to end military aid to Israel.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Transit officials in North Carolina released a graphic video showing the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a light rail train.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
And the Orizzonti jury prize was handed to Japanese director Akio Fujimoto for his drama Lost Land, the story of two Rohingya child refugees on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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Nationalists of various political stripes organized the Korean Provisional Government—Korea’s government in exile— in Shanghai, after Japanese authorities had violently put down the protests.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Following its defeat by Communist Party forces in the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Nationalist movement, led by Chiang Kai-shek, fled to the island in 1949 as a government in exile.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The movie, which premiered at TIFF, stars Dinklage as store manager Mitch and Kirsten Dunst as Leigh, a Toys ‘R’ Us employee who develops a romance with the fugitive.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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The warrant was issued at the end of last month and it’s not yet known if the fugitive was found.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What makes a human a human, a robot a robot, and an alien an alien?—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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One year after getting freaky with an alien on stage, Sabrina Carpenter returned to the VMAs on Sunday with an equally unforgettable performance, albeit for very different reasons.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
7 Sep. 2025
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Some parents are concerned that tuition fees for international schools in Kenya could rise further with the arrival of more expatriates in the country.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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If an investor who has not sold the IP expatriates for example, valuation of the interest will be included in determining the investor’s net worth and may subject the investor to unexpected taxes as a covered expatriate, for both income and estate tax purposes.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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