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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

"We spend more time in shelter than in classrooms," Kurinna sighed.

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

Now she and her family were packing their bags to go to a shelter to wait out Trudy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

He crept out of the shelter without waking Abby, and quickly gathered a pile of dry leaves.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Peterborough City Council said 34 bus stops could include Living Roofs, mini-gardens planted on top of bus shelters that are made up of wildflowers and other vegetation.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

After more than two years of war and running to shelters with their toddler and newborn son, Nadav Pollak and his wife left Israel for Toronto in July 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 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

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

“So what happened at the end of—was it still a date? I mean, shelters aren’t exactly first-choice date spots.”

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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

They went to sleep soon after the meal, curling up at either end of the sheltered ground.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Foreign students at several international schools were shaken after spending part of the afternoon sheltering in place in windowless rooms, said a mother who spoke to parents at several of the schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Japan and South Korea show an interest in sheltering under the EU umbrella too.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison


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