shelter
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About 60 volunteers with clipboards spread out over Hollywood on Tuesday morning to count every tent, makeshift shelter, lived-in vehicle and obviously homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Encampment resolution programs, such as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe that offered shelter to tent dwellers, will have fewer to serve.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Before it was destroyed, Mariupol’s theater served as a bomb shelter whose denizens cut across social, economic and cultural classes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
An alert from Lithuania's defence ministry on Wednesday said: "Immediately take shelter in a safe place, take care of your close ones, await new recommendations."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Jonathan squatted beside the shelter and looked at his sister.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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