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Example sentences for: refuge

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The Mafia (Arabic for "refuge"), also called la cosa nostra ("our thing"), began as a clandestine partisan band in 9 th century Sicily , combating a series of foreign invasions.
Samuel Johnson said Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel and many postal observers believe that the Universal Service Obligation (USO) is the last refuge of a postal service wishing to protect inefficiency, monopoly profits, or economic rents.
As Ottoman forces made their way toward this last refuge, the Abbot ordered that a shot be fired into the explosive.
In an acid reference to the Lewinsky cover-up, a confidant of Netanyahu's suggested that Clinton, after initially saying that Pollard "is going to be released," had taken refuge in "a dispute about the word 'is.
Jordan warned, some abused women will conclude that they will not be treated fairly if they seek refuge in the courts.