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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

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

The Met Office has urged people to "stay indoors as much as possible", adding: "If you do go out, try not to walk, or shelter, close to buildings and trees."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

He needed more than just a shelter for the night, he needed a doctor.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

Tijuana's migrant shelters, once overflowing, are now closed or barely operating.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

Queen Camilla has been running her Queen's Reading Room project for five years, a kind of mega book club, with festivals and events and outreach projects, such as bringing books to homeless shelters.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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

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

The home’s porte cochère once sheltered her Volkswagen after trips to the market.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

According to the Texas Tribune, Garces Perez asked if he could park somewhere sheltered from traffic.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The new suits were filed by people who witnessed the shooting at the town’s secondary school, including Deidre Rushlow, a seventh-grade teacher who sheltered students under her desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

We are little flames poorly sheltered by frail walls against the storm of dissolution and madness, in which we flicker and sometimes almost go out.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Japan and South Korea show an interest in sheltering under the EU umbrella too.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

She was rescued on Thursday from Nepal's devastated area of Syabrubesi, along with her infant son and husband, after sheltering for a freezing night in a school.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 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

Fadi gazed out the window at the tall walls that lined either side of the freeway, sheltering buildings, shopping plazas, and parks on the other side.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai


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