shelter
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At the Nuwakot shelter, an AFP reporter saw workers from the United Nations Population Fund distributing "dignity kits" containing sanitary pads, soap, underwear and other basic personal-care items to women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Many in the temporary shelter are also concerned they will soon be asked to leave when the school resumes classes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Each action involves months of preparation, developing a by-name list of people in the encampment and offering shelter at a county-purchased motel in Lancaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
After they were evicted from a fishing village near Penang, some120 refugees sought shelter outside the UN's refugee agency in the capital Kuala Lumpur - and were temporarily detained.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
With his eyes shut, he drank his fill, then stumbled back to the shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Evacuation shelters for both fires have been opened at the Carmel Mission Inn and Cambria Veterans Memorial Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
People packed into overcrowded shelters, contaminated water and damaged health facilities were putting the population at greater risk of disease in the middle of the monsoon season, the UN agency said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless and using makeshift shelters as heavy rain lashes down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Evacuation shelters have been opened at the Carmel Mission Inn and the Cambria Veterans Memorial Building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Archaeologists have excavated hundreds of American sites unequivocally dating to between 2000 and 11,000 B.C., including dozens of Clovis sites in the North American West, rock shelters in the Appalachians, and sites in coastal California.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It reminds me of Covid," Djamila, a Parisian retiree said in late June, as city residents sheltered indoors from the heat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
She and Faraj then sheltered inside the building, which was destroyed by a third strike at about 16:25.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tired of living in a piano studio, she scouted out a much better apartment, with five rooms, a fireplace, and a sheltered porch where William could tinker and experiment with radios.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
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
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
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
People in the border states, who had been sheltering runaway slaves, helped further the mystery of an underground road.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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