shelter

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They gather drinking water from a river, start fires with sticks, arrange palm fronds for one type of shelter and ice blocks for another, as well as prepare meals of cactus and beetles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

With temperatures ranging from below freezing in August to 40C in the summer months, it would also have been tough without shelter.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In this case, a cave filled with the remains of past meals became a shelter for a completely different kind of inhabitant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

She called on authorities "to make at least one inclusive shelter in each district".

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Wolf had gone off on his nightly wanderings, and the only signs of life in the camp were the silent Ravens guarding the defenses, and the rumble of snores from Oslak’s shelter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver