All 6 Uses

refuge
in
Holes, by Louis Sachar
(Edited)

When he was asked how he had lived so long, he said he "found refuge on God's thumb."
p. 93.1

refuge = a safe place
I found refuge on God's thumb.
p. 128.6
And if it was really the same place where his great-grandfather found refuge.
p. 142.2
And even if they did find refuge on Big Thumb, he thought, they'd still have to come back here, eventually.
p. 142.3
He doubted he could make it to Big Thumb, and with no water in his canteen, he didn't want to risk his life on the hope that he'd find refuge there.
p. 149.6
If there was no water, no refuge, then they'd have nothing, not even hope.
p. 167.2 *

refuge = safe place

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