political refugee
Americannoun
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A political refugee and a lawyer, he decided at age 40 to start a family on his own.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The daughter of a Chinese political refugee, Liu started skating at the age of five with her life consumed by the sport as a child.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Hannibal Gadhafi has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 after he was briefly kidnapped from neighboring Syria, where he had been living as a political refugee.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Her Jewish family fled Prague to escape the Nazis, and Albright later came to the United States as a political refugee at age 11.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
Meanwhile, Suzuki and Bosnitch appealed to the courts on Bobby’s behalf for him to become a political refugee from the United States and be allowed to live in Japan.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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