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Common collocations with refuge in American Collocation

refuge noun countable/uncountable

US /ˈrefjudʒ/

give someone refuge

afford
give
grant
offer
provide

The room gave refuge from the pressures of school life.

get refuge

find
take

More than 33,000 people took refuge in storm shelters across the state.

try to find refuge

seek

He agrees to shelter his wife’s cousins who are seeking refuge in New York as illegal immigrants.

asylum
safety
sanctuary
shelter

The government aims to recognise the rights of those seeking asylum, refuge and a better life.