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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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And what they were told was that the children in the camps needed more than food and shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"At the same time, we're supposed to run to the shelter as quickly as possible."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

They printed their images in a dark room that Zlozower improvised in a bomb shelter tucked into his parents’ house, then sold the best ones at Aron’s Records on Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

With attacks now almost daily, MBS is being shuttled from bomb shelter to bomb shelter in Jeddah, according to a knowledgeable international source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

He grabbed one of the alders he had used for their shelter and pulled it past the redwood roots.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

He complained that some rocket shelters had been turned into prayer rooms, reducing their availability during emergencies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Board members for the nonprofit, which runs domestic violence shelters in the L.A. area, approved the arrangement in 2018, according to emails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Better-tailored air alerts can limit the number of businesses that have to shut down and avoid sending civilians to shelters unless a threat is imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The attacks are forcing schoolchildren out of classes into shelters, shuttering businesses, and disrupting public transport.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some groups have fashioned shelters with rugs and sheets of plastic draped over sticks poked in the ground.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Police were also called to nearby sheltered housing retirement complex, Ger-y-Nant, where the man was arrested.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Twenty minutes later, as I sheltered under a bough waiting for Katz, he arrived and immediately said, “Hey, where’s your stick?”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Diplomats stationed in the Saudi capital were sheltering in place and international schools took safety measures on Thursday, diplomats and residents told AFP, after explosions echoed across the city.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

On a later visit to the busy station, we found passengers waiting outside the main entrance or sheltering in underground passageways.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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

He said they were now sheltering in a school that is being used as a refuge for those who survived.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

He looked as if he was sheltering from the rain, except that it wasn’t raining.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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