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Example sentences for: refuge

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In the summer, when the temperature exceeds 40°C (104°F) for days at a time, the locals take refuge in cellars until the night breeze comes up.
--but otherwise the city seems a cheerful, colorful refuge, decked with tasteful advertising posters.
According to the New York Times , as violence spreads Chechens are fleeing into the neighboring republic of Ingushetia, where it is estimated that 185,000 civilians are seeking refuge.
Gosport (Hampshire) does not have a name meaning God's port, referring to a 12th-century French bishop who took refuge from a storm here.
Even when it threatens to disintegrate into nightmare at times of winter floods, Carnival shenanigans, or summer hordes, visitors can take refuge in a café once frequented by Casanova or in a quiet back alleyway away from the congestion, and continue their dream uninterrupted.