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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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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

Some residents were being evacuated from the area by police while others were being urged to shelter in place.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Much of the stickiness in core inflation came from categories which operate almost independently of oil prices, including shelter costs such as rent and labor-intensive services such as healthcare and car insurance.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

I began constructing a shelter below my home tree like the one I’d shared with Togbe at the creek.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Rio Tinto has previously faced criticism for destroying two sacred Aboriginal rock shelters in Pilbara which sat above tonnes of iron ore.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Hundreds of haze shelters have been set up across the island, and masks are being distributed to children, the elderly and other vulnerable residents.

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

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

“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

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

Other people came and went through the darkness where I lay under thatch, sheltered in my cave of dreams and rain.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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

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

Mrs. Slater was in the middle, slumped forward, sheltering her face with one hand.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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