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The phrase "a refrain for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a repeated phrase or theme that serves a specific purpose, often in poetry or music.
Example: "The song's chorus serves as a refrain for the emotions expressed throughout the verses."
Alternatives: "a motif for" or "a theme for".
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That has become a refrain for Woods in the Grand Slam events.
A refrain for opposition voters was the need to bring Iran's high unemployment and inflation under control.
A black spiritual, drawing on the prophet Jeremiah, has a refrain for this work: "There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole".
Today, after more than a decade of the American-led war in Afghanistan, that last phrase has become a refrain for the Obama administration.
Obama, in his first reaction to the shootings, issued a refrain for more gun-control measures, which has become a familiar ritual after mass shootings.
Pointing out insurer exits has become a refrain for the president and Republican leaders in Congress, who are seeking a health care overhaul.
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That's been a refrain of mine for many of my 35 years in practice as a psychotherapist and leadership consultant.
Fear is, in fact, a sentiment voiced often these days by Arab Christians, a sad refrain for an ancient community that was so long a force in politics and culture in the Arab world.
It is a song of defiance and grace in adversity, which seemed a fair refrain for a first 20 minutes that Portugal dominated in their diffuse, nagging way.
Taupin had written a new refrain for a song that Lestat sings after biting his boyhood friend Nicolas.
A familiar refrain for many a resident, and not just of Palo Alto, I'd wager.
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