shelter
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The pope wraps up his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru on Monday with a visit to a shelter for elderly people.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Humanitarian conditions in Gaza, including a lack of healthcare and shelter for those living there, remain dire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
On the telly, charities are asking for donations to bring the homeless off the streets into warmth and shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The workers dart through the maze of passages and pipework but there isn't time to reach a shelter - one of the plant's thickest walls will have to do for cover.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
I found a place among them that gave us shelter from the wind.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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"Air raid shelters, anti-aircraft defences - it's remarkable how much was built in a short space of time," he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
After more than two years of war and running to shelters with their toddler and newborn son, Nadav Pollak and his wife left Israel for Toronto in July 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 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
He complained that some rocket shelters had been turned into prayer rooms, reducing their availability during emergencies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
In consequence you get to know your fellow hikers at least a little, quite well if you meet them nightly at the shelters.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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In contrast, birds from the Bounty Islands remain closer to their nesting grounds, where the surrounding waters are more sheltered and may offer more abundant food.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
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
The family spent £15,000 installing new sprinkler systems and huge fans to cool the cattle in their sheds when they sheltered from the heat outside.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The walk being here less sheltered than on the other side, allowed them to see him before they met.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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Then Friday’s high tides wiped the sheltering sand off the nest and exposed the eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The lesser figures were accused of sheltering migrants, transporting them across France to the so-called "jungle" camp outside Calais, and helping on the night of the departure.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
For many of the refugees sheltering at evacuation centers, the order to evacuate was their first indication that something had gone seriously wrong at the nuclear plant, and it left them with a terrible choice.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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