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In South Sudan and Uganda, where refugee camps are often overcrowded and firewood resources are limited, Wonderbags have eased tensions between communities.
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Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
But supporters say Israel's real aim is to sideline the issue of Palestinian refugees.
—Joseph Krauss, Julia Frankel, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
Video showed the remains of several people, including two young children who NBC News’ crew reported were killed in an Israeli drone strike after fleeing the area of the Jabalia refugee camp.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is in the midst of an offensive in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
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Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
But supporters say Israel's real aim is to sideline the issue of Palestinian refugees.
—Joseph Krauss, Julia Frankel, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
Video showed the remains of several people, including two young children who NBC News’ crew reported were killed in an Israeli drone strike after fleeing the area of the Jabalia refugee camp.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is in the midst of an offensive in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refugee
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Sadat, who was in Seattle working on an opera at the time, suddenly found herself in exile with just two suitcases, while her film company’s resources remained in Kabul.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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As a leader of the opposition to these despots, Sirleaf survived imprisonment, exile, and an abusive husband.Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Wedding is now considered an armed and dangerous fugitive, according to the FBI.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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In the fall of 2004, audiences watched with rapt attention as Dr. Jack Shephard (played by Matthew Fox), wanted fugitive Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly), and 69 other survivors of a plane crash stumbled around a mysterious island trying to make sense of what had just happened.Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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So, a successful search for cosmic AI might require a search strategy that is quite different from the type of search needed when looking for biological aliens.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the novel, an astrophysicist, as an act of revenge for her father’s murder by Red Guards, chooses to put Earth at risk by sending out a provocative interstellar message to hostile aliens.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, her opponents claim her victory relied too much on Moldovans living outside the country — which has a population of about 2.5 million, excluding expatriates — to be considered legitimate.Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cricket is deemed a minority sport in Saudi Arabia with fandom mostly confined to South Asian expatriates.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Refugee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refugee. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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