shelter
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Rebels shelter in foxholes, camouflaged among thousands of oil wells dug in an unregulated practice dating back centuries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Residents used pots and pans to clear water from their flooded tents, with some saying they were left without shelter.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Witnesses told AFP they saw people seeking shelter in shops and restaurants in the usually bustling streets around the Main Square.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Soaked and freezing, with only their weapons, helmets and the radio, they struck out in search of a new shelter, barely able to stand after months spent almost entirely lying down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
With his eyes shut, he drank his fill, then stumbled back to the shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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More than 1.9 million people have been displaced, many of them multiple times, and 1.2 million of them are currently living in tents or makeshift shelters, it says.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
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
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
Then they ran to their cellars, bomb shelters, and underground bunkers.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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He said their habitat provides woodland, water and room to explore, as well as sheltered areas where they can retreat or move out of public view if they would like some privacy.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The home’s porte cochère once sheltered her Volkswagen after trips to the market.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 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 couldn’t manage without him, and yet here he was, about to take a run at a potentially electrified fence so that we could be sheltered and fed for another night.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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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
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
NIM LAY ON the floor of the cave with Fred under one arm and Selkie sheltering her back.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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