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  • noun Plural form of refuge.

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Examples

  • Mandated steel shot on many state and federally-owned refuges is mostly a lot of politically correct B.S. For example, there are grasslands in South Dakota where you must use non-toxic shot.

    Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves? 2009

  • Mandated steel shot on many state and federally-owned refuges is mostly a lot of politically correct B.S. For example, there are grasslands in South Dakota where you must use non-toxic shot.

    Should Non-Toxic Shot Be Mandatory for Doves? 2009

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife S.rvice says hatcheries like the one at Dexter have become increasingly important as both short-term refuges and long-term breeding facilities for some species.

    unknown title 2009

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife S.rvice says hatcheries like the one at Dexter have become increasingly important as both short-term refuges and long-term breeding facilities for some species.

    unknown title 2009

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife S.rvice says hatcheries like the one at Dexter have become increasingly important as both short-term refuges and long-term breeding facilities for some species.

    unknown title 2009

  • The Magdalene movement in Ireland was quickly appropriated by the Catholic Church, and the homes, which were initially intended to be merely short-term refuges, increasingly turned into long-term institutions.

    British Blogs 2009

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife S.rvice says hatcheries like the one at Dexter have become increasingly important as both short-term refuges and long-term breeding facilities for some species.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • I was struck by how much of African plains diversity is outside the so- called "refuges"-- my impression is that can be so here in the Southwest as well.

    A Right and a Left! 2005

  • I was struck by how much of African plains diversity is outside the so- called "refuges"-- my impression is that can be so here in the Southwest as well.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • "WILDLIFE RODENTS" NATURE EVENT, for ages 5-7, a presentation on squirrels, nutrias, chipmunks and others that call the refuges home. 10-11: 30 a.m.,

    Prince George's County community calendar, Nov. 4-11, 2010 Post 2010

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