How to Use take/find/seek refuge in a Sentence
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Strikes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah sowed fear in one of the last places where civilians could seek refuge.
— Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2023 -
The men had taken off in an attempt to find refuge in a local home.
— Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024 -
As in the series, the pair take refuge one night after a sniper incident.
— Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023 -
As Kathleen's men raid homes and apartments in search of them, Joel and Ellie take refuge in a bar.
— Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023 -
Some of them take refuge in water, while others remain on land.
— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024 -
That further reduced the area where civilians can seek refuge by more than a quarter.
— Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023 -
The play examines the debate over whether the family should stay and fight or leave to seek refuge elsewhere.
— Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023 -
In the middle of the night, the owner of the home, played by Mahershala Ali, shows up to seek refuge with his daughter, played by Myha’la Herrold.
— Caroline Brew, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023 -
Assuming the gunshots were coming from Gaza, Ms. Abud and her companions stopped to take refuge in the shelter with the bird.
— Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023 -
Recall that during the heat waves that rolled across the country, libraries became a free, safe, and cool place for people to seek refuge.
— Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023 -
The pair, who were between 10 and 12 years old, went onto the ice to retrieve it but had to take refuge on a small island when the ice started to break around them, Salela said.
— Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023 -
Ivanovitch let multiple neighbors take refuge in his home.
— Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Many festival-goers took off by foot and tried to find refuge in nearby orchards.
— Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2023 -
The dog caught the attention of three adult crocodiles while trying to find refuge in the deep waters of the Savitri River.
— Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023 -
There are also a number of civilians who have gathered there to seek refuge during the course of the conflict, and those lives need to be protected.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023 -
Monday episode featured more blowout arguments between the soon-to-be parents, which led Brandan to flee their home and take refuge in the town square.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Cows and buffalo - their ribs visible - take refuge in ponds.
— Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Eleven of the Colombians would seek refuge at the nearby Taiwanese Embassy, only to end up under arrest.
— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024 -
Two Black teenagers wearing zoot suits had to seek refuge at the Pasadena police station from marauders.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023 -
The map also includes libraries and senior centers where residents can take refuge from the heat.
— Emma Uber, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 -
So many children have multiple times moved, trying to seek refuge, trying to get away from the bombardments.
— CBS News, 30 June 2024 -
But when hours without cool air turned into days, Villeda decided to ditch her sweltering home and seek refuge down the street.
— Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 July 2024 -
Most workers also ran to an underground shelter to seek refuge.
— Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Some migrants were likely to seek refuge in churches once they were processed by Border Patrol and released onto the streets of San Diego.
— Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023 -
That fighting spilled over with the military shelling and launching airstrikes directly at the village forcing the civilians to take refuge in the nearby monastery, Soe Aung said.
— Hannah Ritchie, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Messaging back and forth with friends, Levi was able to determine which villages were occupied by Hamas and were unsafe to seek refuge in.
— Lauren Meltzer, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023 -
As early as August, the bears — which use sea ice as both a means of transportation and a platform for hunting seals — begin to take refuge on land as the ice begins to recede.
— Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023 -
People who seek shelter in mobile homes are also 15 to 20 times more likely to be killed compared to those who take refuge in permanent homes.
— Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Under Hansu’s care, Sunja’s family will be taken to seek refuge in the countryside, where the women are expected to work in the rice fields.
— Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024 -
But when Israeli forces began an assault on Khan Younis in early December, those living there were forced to seek refuge further south.
— Jo Shelley, CNN, 30 July 2024
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