shelter
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McKinney acknowledged his approach assumes the city and county can increase available shelter space, but hopes to use his office to pressure local officials into expanding available services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Chadchart visited a temporary shelter on Saturday night in a school in the Kheha Romklao area, where he said about 1,000 people were evacuated.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
She did not want to go to a shelter as she worked to clean up and salvage her belongings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
When I was the head baker at my local homeless shelter, I baked it hundreds of times and saw how one slice, served on a paper plate, could become a catalyst for dialogue.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Renn ducked into the nearest shelter and emerged with a coil of woven bark rope.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío said temporary shelters had been opened should residents need to be evacuated.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation that seeks to remove abused and neglected animals from crowded municipal shelters during their owners’ criminal cases, according to the bill’s backers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Prolonged confinement can lead animals to pacing, destructive behavior, anxiety, and make it harder to adopt them out, which ultimately could lead to them being euthanized by shelters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
There are calls for Israel to allow higher quality shelters into the territory as well as equipment to upgrade latrines and sanitation as well as lighting.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Each night, as I laid my head on the pillow, bomb shelters were my topic for thoughts, nightmares, dreams, and planning.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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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
Attending film school on the East Coast was, as she puts it, a necessary experience, because she grew up rather sheltered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ray, who weighs almost as much as Axel himself, sheltered in George’s old-man arms.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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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
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
"There is no ceasefire, there is nothing," Abu Ahmed, a displaced man who had been sheltering nearby, told Reuters news agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It also provided the Yemeni militants with intelligence, target lists including Saudi ports and energy facilities, and advice on sheltering from Saudi retaliation, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
She tried not to think of what his life would have been like with this other family, rooting him to the ground, sheltering him in their wings.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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