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asylum as in: she sought asylum in...
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She sought political asylum in the US due to persecution at home.
asylum = shelter from danger or hardship
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That was the first year Europe had over a million migrants apply for asylum.
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He also wanted to make sure they didn't ask for political asylum in Britain, which would be embarrassing for his government. (source)asylum = refuge or shelter
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You could seek asylum on his behalf. (source)asylum = refuge or shelter in another country
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Asylum from what? (source)Asylum = shelter
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In between that calamity and this, they had visited George III in London, published a newspaper, made baskets, led Oglethorpe through forests, helped Andrew Jackson fight Creek, cooked maize, drawn up a constitution, petitioned the King of Spain, been experimented on by Dartmouth, established asylums, wrote their language, resisted settlers, shot bear and translated scripture.† (source)asylums = instances of shelter from danger or hardship
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Silas had never been here, but he felt a rising sense of refuge and asylum as he approached the building on foot. (source)asylum = refuge or shelter
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The most famous of the lunatic asylums, debtor's prisons, and hospitals built on Roosevelt Island in the 1800s," Simon read dutifully.† (source)asylums = instances of shelter from danger or hardship
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They were granted the right to asylum in Holland, but once Hitler is gone, they should go back to Germany. (source)asylum = shelter from danger or hardship
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That too would be most welcome, as one of their long-standing projects, as a group, is the reform of public asylums.† (source)asylums = instances of shelter from danger or hardship
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Sometimes we may even need to provide asylum for those whose lives are in danger. (source)asylum = shelter from danger or hardship
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He expected that the old man might be more than he could handle and was perhaps an escapee from an asylum, or, worse, someone who had contrived to avoid asylums altogether.† (source)asylums = instances of shelter from danger or hardship
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However, Ramius could surface off the Virginia Capes in a day or two and request political asylum. (source)asylum = the right to remain in a country after fleeing political persecution in another country
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There were stories he'd been in and out of insane asylums himself.† (source)asylums = instances of shelter from danger or hardship
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asylum as in: committed to the asylum
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She was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity, and she was then committed to an asylum.
asylum = hospital for the mentally ill
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She was committed to an asylum after paranoia led her to injure someone.
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The inmates are running the asylum.
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"Yep, that poor fella just sits in the state asylum saying, 'Purple waves, purple waves' over and over again, and his scared eyes keep staring at his hands." (source)
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If your husband hadn't taken such good care of me, I'm sure I'd be in an asylum by now It was a dreadful time. (source)asylum = hospital for the mentally ill
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Have the criminals and lunatics been let out of the prisons and asylums and sent here to act as bloodhounds? (source)asylums = hospitals for the mentally ill
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Miss Stephanie said old Mr. Radley said no Radley was going to any asylum, when it was suggested that a season in Tuscaloosa might be helpful to Boo. (source)asylum = a hospital for the mentally ill
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When I first woke up, it was like I'd entered an insane asylum—these strange guys hovering over my bed, the world tipping around me, memories swirling in my brain. (source)asylum = hospital for the mentally ill
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They took him screaming off to the asylum. (source)asylum = a hospital for the mentally ill
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It is supposed to bore us into submission or prepare us for an insane asylum. (source)asylum = hospital for the mentally ill
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If it were up to her, they would be humanely dispatched to that great canine insane asylum in the sky. (source)
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As they parked in front of the three-story shingled building, Ruth was relieved to see that it did not look like an asylum. (source)
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I visit my aunt at the asylum two or three times a week. (source)
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He is only nine-and twenty, and he has an immense lunatic asylum all under his own care. (source)
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