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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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The migrants struggled to find water or food, let alone shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Although most of the crowds of migrants have returned across the border to Morocco, authorities are struggling to find shelter for Moroccan children remaining in the Spanish enclave, who cannot be summarily deported.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Patrick Lewis volunteers there after using the shelter himself when he was homeless.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

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

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Netting and wire meshes around infrastructure can be useful against drones, and hardened shelters can help protect resources that have to be on the surface, such as aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

But the appeals court noted that the existing injunction specifically allows construction of underground bunkers, bomb shelters and military and medical infrastructure to continue, along with aboveground work strictly necessary for security.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

To expand the program’s reach, the city will need to move away from expensive hotels and motels and toward high-quality homeless shelters, the mayor said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

However, the UN said about 360,000 other people remained displaced across Lebanon, including 26,000 living in government shelters.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Hord ran ahead while Torak waited with Oslak by one of the shelters.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Another of the rare adults among the migrants camped out in the complex, a woman of 45, sheltered nearby, her face burned red by the sun.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Under her signature program, the city has spent $82,420 a year for each homeless person it has sheltered in motels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It feels sheltered, like sitting inside a very tall greenhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

By pulling these animals out of their sheltered habitats and keeping them moving in circles, streetlights may leave them vulnerable to predators while also wasting energy needed for survival.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

Not homes, exactly—more like small shacks, such as those a couple of goats might be sheltered in.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

“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

Woolford's cows still come out into the fields in the morning, but by midday they are back in the barns, sheltering from the sun and eating feedstocks that should have been saved for the winter.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Before his career took off, Reilly volunteered for the United Farm Workers and lived an ascetic life, sheltering in church halls, as he ministered to the poor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

She settled beneath the sheltering apron of a bush and let go.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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