as in sheltered
to be or provide a shelter for
a nation with a long, honorable history of refuging political asylum seekers
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About 120 of those who could walk were being sheltered in a gym, while the rest were housed in a psychiatric hospital, local authorities said.
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Apartment residents were temporarily sheltered at Hunt Middle School.
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By then Tanacharison is telling Washington that he is mystically protected, in the mode of certain Indigenous warriors who were placed on earth to be leaders.
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Steinbaugh argued the email was protected speech under the First Amendment and does not represent a legitimate threat.
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“Refuged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refuged. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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