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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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A clergyman I met at Reagan National Airport recently told me that our world is as filled with corruption as a Latin American animal shelter is filled with fleas.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Researchers observed eight different types of coral, along with eight fish species using the reef for shelter and feeding.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

He said he hadn't found a single free house in the city, "not even a shelter".

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

“It’s important for fosters to get involved so that we have somewhere to keep the cats until they get adopted,” said Mibbby Butler, the adoption coordinator at the no-kill shelter Kitten Rescue Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

With his eyes shut, he drank his fill, then stumbled back to the shelter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A further 60 schools were converted into shelters for thousands of people left homeless by the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

He has designed and installed small concrete shelters for them in the lake itself, and set up his own captive population in a greenhouse at his home in Llanarth.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Locals have expressed safety concerns and some have destroyed shelters and blocked aid being supplied to the migrants.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Cat euthanasia rates at Los Angeles shelters have climbed this year, partially due to limited spay and neuter vouchers and the high cost of veterinary care, animal advocates say.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

“Okay, the first thing I’m going to do is give all of the local animal shelters a call,” John says from the other end of the line.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

"It reminds me of Covid," Djamila, a Parisian retiree said in late June, as city residents sheltered indoors from the heat.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

In college, my worldly roommate, her Exeter sophistication lapping my sheltered convent education, introduced me to the saccharin-infused Pepsi Light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The wind howled above the trees, but this sheltered spot, by contrast, seemed warm.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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

While Sharaa praised Russia's "historic role" in Syria and the region, Damascus has repeatedly demanded that it extradite Assad, who has been sheltering in Moscow with his wife since his ouster.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

“It is impossible for anyone to collect every pistol, rifle, and piece of weaponry,” said Yahya Hisham, 41, who was displaced from northern Gaza during the war and is now sheltering in Deir al-Balah.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison




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