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Handing the reins of oil production over to Damascus could also help the new government manage an economy that can absorb a substantial number of returning refugees.
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Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Robinson was jailed after admitting contempt of court last year for continually repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee that led to the refugee and his family receiving death threats.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
This prompted a new wave of refugees to seek sanctuary in Kenya.
—Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The fighting prompted the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to suspend its services, including schooling.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
Robinson was jailed after admitting contempt of court last year for continually repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee that led to the refugee and his family receiving death threats.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
This prompted a new wave of refugees to seek sanctuary in Kenya.
—Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The fighting prompted the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to suspend its services, including schooling.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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The man the United States and others say won the election, Edmundo González, remains in exile, forced to flee to Spain or face arrest, while the country’s most important opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has been in hiding inside Venezuela.Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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As with the previous reports, excerpts appeared in independent Russian publications, mostly working in exile: Meduza, Holod, and Re: Russia.Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rivera remained a fugitive until his August 2023 arrest by Mexican authorities on suspicion of firearms trafficking in Los Mochis, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, said FBI Sacramento officials.Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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But since Eutelia was declared bankrupt in 2010 and some of its executives, including Landi, were very publicly tried and convicted of bankruptcy fraud, Landi has been a fugitive from Italian justice — and on land, his options had all but run out.Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lobo is an anti-hero alien and has never been portrayed before on film.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
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From near-death experiences via boulder chasing, tangling with deadly snakes, stopping fascist organizations in their tracks to communing with aliens, archaeologist Indiana Jones has done it all.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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However, the present situation does not demand any restrictions for expatriates.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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The low-key beach town of Dominical, about an hour southwest, draws surfers, expatriates and tourists.Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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