shelter
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As in the original, Carrie’s mother, Margaret, is a conservative Christian who wants to shelter her daughter from the outside world as much as possible.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
As Mr. Specht writes, “when people struggle to afford shelter, or in many cases cannot afford it at all, they lose faith in government and society alike.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
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 all go to the shelter together and stay with each other," Anya said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Back at the shelter, he plucked and spitted the woodgrouse, and set it to roast over the fire.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
For more than four decades, the 1736 Family Crisis Center has offered care for victims of domestic violence, running shelters and crisis hotlines in L.A. and Orange counties on what today is a $15-million budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The country’s airports, seaports and power plants “have prepared for wartime conditions,” installing shelters and backup supplies to continue operating in a crisis, Brig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
The rain was still falling in gusts, then not falling for just long enough to lure people out from underneath their makeshift shelters, then raining on them once more.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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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
The new suits were filed by people who witnessed the shooting at the town’s secondary school, including Deidre Rushlow, a seventh-grade teacher who sheltered students under her desk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
In a pleasant place, open yet sheltered by overhanging boughs, the hollow bole of a dead tree lay on the ground.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Prince William greeted the Sultan on Tuesday morning, the pair sheltering under umbrellas.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
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
I got up sheltering my bag as much as I could so that eventually, I’d have something dry to change into.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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