shelter
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Rebels shelter in foxholes, camouflaged among thousands of oil wells dug in an unregulated practice dating back centuries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Unconfirmed reports suggest the vehicle mounted the pavement, hit a bus stop shelter and then struck scaffolding.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Witnesses told AFP they saw people seeking shelter in shops and restaurants in the usually bustling streets around the Main Square.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
But the water washed it into the flooded shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
From the ruined shelter came Fa’s wild cry.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Around 65% of the population, about 1.4 million people, now live in tents or makeshift shelters, the UN says.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
This provides enough electricity to charge phones and run lights, fans and even electric razors, small comforts that have become a luxury for families still living in tents and shelters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
"Air raid shelters, anti-aircraft defences - it's remarkable how much was built in a short space of time," he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The controversy emphasized how California, where shelters are overflowing with animals, failed to regulate private rescue groups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He saw four big reindeer-hide shelters unlike any he’d ever seen, and a bewildering number of people: all hard at work, and as yet unaware of him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Folk musicians performed as pilgrims sheltered from the spring sun under umbrellas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
A touch of frost will be possible in sheltered areas in the northern half of the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
It moves the familiar story about a bullied, sheltered teenage girl to the present.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The shower deepened the calm of the woods, ticked through the new leaves, lightly wetted the seeds sheltered in the earth.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
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
Japan and South Korea show an interest in sheltering under the EU umbrella too.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He had broken his hip while sheltering under a tree.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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