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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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As in the original, Carrie’s mother, Margaret, is a conservative Christian who wants to shelter her daughter from the outside world as much as possible.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

As Mr. Specht writes, “when people struggle to afford shelter, or in many cases cannot afford it at all, they lose faith in government and society alike.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Churches and community organizations provided food and shelter for thousands of people in transit, while the hospital in Yuma, the county seat, was completely overwhelmed, and the federal government still owes it millions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Midland’s affordability metrics looked at items such as the cost of shelter, including rents and mortgages, as well as utilities, transportation and fuel and consumer goods and services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

‘We can make a shelter over there in the lee of that slope. Build a fire, let him rest.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Staving off a battle over control of homeless services, Los Angeles County has agreed in principle to let the city of Los Angeles control who gets placed in city shelters and housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of residents were accommodated in emergency shelters after the floods hit.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

As comfortable as their shelters were, after two hours underground, the all-clear signal was met with a wave of enthusiasm.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The country’s airports, seaports and power plants “have prepared for wartime conditions,” installing shelters and backup supplies to continue operating in a crisis, Brig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Outside there was no picnic table, as at most other shelters, and no privy.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Under Ms. Bass’s signature program, the city has spent $82,420 a year for each homeless person it has sheltered in motels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It moves the familiar story about a bullied, sheltered teenage girl to the present.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

It followed armed police swooping on a nearby sheltered housing retirement complex, Ger-y-Nant, where the man was arrested.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The spare garage is sheltered, even on blowy days like today.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Prince William greeted the Sultan on Tuesday morning, the pair sheltering under umbrellas.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Foreign students at several international schools were shaken after spending part of the afternoon sheltering in place in windowless rooms, said a mother who spoke to parents at several of the schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It also found that moving and sheltering the most vulnerable — children in foster care, incarcerated youth and adults, people with disabilities — “lacked a countywide coordination model.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

He said they were now sheltering in a school that is being used as a refuge for those who survived.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

People in the border states, who had been sheltering runaway slaves, helped further the mystery of an underground road.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry


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