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1. Refugees

   "Refugees" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. Written by Dennis Lehane from a story by Ed Burns & Dennis Lehane, and directed by Jim McKay, it originally aired on October 1, 2006.

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1. Refugees

   Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution in their own country or habitual residence because of race, religion, or political belief. (Webster, 3d ed)

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'refugees' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4638

How to pronounce refugees?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say refugees in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refugees in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refugees in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of refugees in a Sentence

1. Sebastian Kurz:

   There has been a lot of movement in recent years. For example, the German position is now much closer to ours than it was two years ago, many states have moved in the right direction. Now we need a focus on proper protection of the external borders of the EU and not just the constant debate about the distribution of refugees within the European Union by quotas.

2. Greg Abbott:

   It is essential that a judge consider halting the Syrian refugee process – at least on a temporary basis – to ensure refugees coming to the United States will be vetted in a way that does not compromise the safety of Americans and Texans.

3. Tammam Salam:

   Nobody has really grasped how fragile our situation is, if the Syrian refugees in Lebanon aren't fed, we will be confronted to a very worrisome situation, maybe even a revolt.

4. Amnesty International:

   The route which takes refugees and migrants by sea from Turkey to Greece and then over land across Macedonia to Serbia and into Hungary is less deadly than the sea crossing from Libya, but it is still fraught with dangers and obstacles.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   This joint European asylum system cannot just exist on paper but must also exist in practice - I say that because it lays out minimum standards for accommodating refugees and the task of registering refugees.

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