shelter
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One video showed a drone nosediving toward one of the warehouses as air-raid sirens rang out and a loudspeaker announcement instructed employees to seek shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
It will serve as a fallout shelter against deadly storms and also house the city's police department and the fire department that came to Benham's aid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Changes in movement can also affect how much energy an animal uses and whether it can reach food, shelter, or other important resources.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some Taiwanese expressed frustration at the government's typhoon warnings, which caused most businesses to shut their doors on Friday and people to shelter indoors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
He and Fa used to shelter in them sometimes, but Torak always ended up outside.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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The United Nations organization will provide around 500,000 tons of food to remote areas and the makeshift shelters that have sprung up across the quake zone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The metro is too far from her home and there are no decent shelters or basements nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many Gazans say he became a familiar face in shelters across the territory because he preferred to remain in the field rather than directing operations from an office.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
They exchange jokes in air-raid shelters, and help elderly residents evacuate damaged buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Windows are draped in black, signs point the way to air raid shelters, and the few people dotting the street clutch gas masks and steel helmets.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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It feels sheltered, like sitting inside a very tall greenhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Specifically, it noted "the high number of persons with disabilities enrolled in sheltered workshops and the low rate of transition to the open labour market".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Caernarfon Court heard on Monday that Hughes would bang on his wall with his walking stick and prevent Turner from sleeping at the sheltered accommodation where they each had a flat.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
A gale-force storm was coming, so the skipper set course downwind for the tiny port of Sandhamn in southern Sweden, where the group sheltered for four nights, according to German investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Ray, who weighs almost as much as Axel himself, sheltered in George’s old-man arms.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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Over the past four years, residents have developed sheltering routines, which range from huddling in apartment corridors to rushing underground for greater safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Avoid sheltering under trees, stay clear of loose electrical wires, and do not walk or drive through floodwaters," the agency advised.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived on the ISS in February, had been sheltering on the docked ship, along with another astronaut Chris Williams.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the town of Standford less than 20 kilometres inland, another Malawian national, Talibo Mbewe, said he had been sheltering at the community hall for two days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
But when she came near, up behind a sheltering tree trunk, and peered around it, her mouth dropped open and all thought of running melted away.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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