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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Midland’s affordability metrics looked at items such as the cost of shelter, including rents and mortgages, as well as utilities, transportation and fuel and consumer goods and services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

"We all go to the shelter together and stay with each other," Anya said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Ryzhenkov said the company had "improved the covered areas" at its mills where workers can shelter during air raids.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The friends tried to make sure Brian had shelter.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

In the capital, only 40 percent of schools have shelters with sufficient capacity for all pupils, city hall told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 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

Queen Camilla has been running her Queen's Reading Room project for five years, a kind of mega book club, with festivals and events and outreach projects, such as bringing books to homeless shelters.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

In consequence you get to know your fellow hikers at least a little, quite well if you meet them nightly at the shelters.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

After recovering from serious head injuries, David attended a school outside the village and believed that separation from former classmates may have sheltered him from some of the trauma experienced by others.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Many people sheltered in a nearby gymnasium for safety.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

They had stayed sheltered under a huge fir tree, at the base of a bluff eleven miles north of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

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

Rowan hugged himself and shuddered, sheltering behind the tall figure of Marlie from those terrible red eyes.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda


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