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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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Netanyahu has offered Hamas a chance to surrender and send top leaders into exile.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Even though the Hamas charter directly calls for the murder of all Jews, all people must speak out against the immoral proposal to force an entire population into exile.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His conviction came a year after the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced his capture as a fugitive in Pinellas County, Florida, on Nov. 21, 2023.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to the Sokovia Accords, Cap is something of a fugitive at this point — but that doesn’t stop him from stepping up when humanity needs him.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Then some aliens show up who think Leigh-Cheri is descended from a different race of aliens that are their enemies.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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Arrests of fugitive aliens at-large, meanwhile, have gone up from 2,164 to 5,538 – a 156% increase.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 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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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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