women's refuge
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When her parents separated for good, she started living with her mother, at first in a women’s refuge.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
It said Fulani, who founded the women’s refuge Sistah Space, “has accepted this apology and appreciates that no malice was intended.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
As part of his bail conditions he had been staying with his mother, who left his father in 2016 with the help of a women's refuge.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021
Francesca sought help from Casa Lorena, a women’s refuge near Caserta.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2018
On an imposing hill above the town of Minova, at the end of a trail down which rivulets of rainwater run past tarpaulin-tented homes, a small women’s refuge can be found.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2015
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