shelter
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A woman known as Big Mama offered shelter and tough love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the shelter did not have the facilities for a young bird to continue to learn to fly, so it was taken to an aviary at Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Those who remain in the hope of being granted asylum face a long wait with uncertain prospects for shelter or washing facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He also warned Ukraine’s population of imminent Russian strikes and urged people to take shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Torak couldn’t hear what they were saying at the clan meet, but at least he could see them, thanks to the odd construction of the Raven shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
More than 9,000 people, many of them elderly, were still at shelters as of Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"At shelters... there are no walls or partitions between people. It's very congested."
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Almásy shelters Katharine in a cave and goes off to get help, eventually evading arrest and stealing an airplane to rescue her.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Wildfires in Spain and France have caused mass evacuation and disruption, with more than 300,000 people forced to leave their homes and many sleeping in sports halls and other temporary shelters.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Word was that there were shelters in Zarqa, Amman, Al-Salt, and other Jordanian cities.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
Another of the rare adults among the migrants camped out in the complex, a woman of 45, sheltered nearby, her face burned red by the sun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
It feels sheltered, like sitting inside a very tall greenhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
By pulling these animals out of their sheltered habitats and keeping them moving in circles, streetlights may leave them vulnerable to predators while also wasting energy needed for survival.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
In English these would be called sheltered workshops, and in Germany some 300,000 disabled people work in them.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
It had been sheltered from the wind and the rain in back of the shrine, so I could still see what Maggie had drawn.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
The city and county secured $1.6 million for emergency housing relocation through Airbnb and housing nonprofits, sheltering more than 1,300 residents and hundreds of pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
As temperatures rise to 36.7C in London, the paper says "it felt even hotter for Londoners baking on buses, sweltering on Tubes or sheltering at home".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
NIM LAY ON the floor of the cave with Fred under one arm and Selkie sheltering her back.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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