- plural of refugee.
refugees
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Like so many waves of refugees before and after, these are people who took huge risks to survive, and many of them, like Omar, are thriving.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even though the community suffers from extensive poverty due in part to discrimination and the few resources refugees from a war-torn country are able to marshal, it has also produced a large number of entrepreneurs.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Among them were refugees granted protection in the US based on the likelihood they would be persecuted back home because of their orientation or gender identity.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Unlike Xavier Becerra, I am an immigrant,” the British-born son of Hungarian refugees harrumphed on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
With supplies shrinking and his men dropping, Cornwallis coldly started to force many refugees out of the town.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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