shelter
Example Sentences
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A team led by Jean Boivin offered two reasons for that, and note it’s less of a shelter argument.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
“In real life, there are no answers,” she said on a sticky 99-degree Wednesday in February at the Pasadena Humane shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The couple had arrived just hours earlier at the Mount Carmel Medical Center and were taken straight to the facility's underground shelter, carved into the mountainside.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
A study from the Canine Behaviour Centre at Queen's University Belfast, published in 2023, looked at the reaction of 50 dogs in a rescue shelter to different screens.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Spying an empty bus shelter on the opposite side of the street, I sit on the icy metal bench and wrap my arms tight around my calves, rest my forehead on my knees.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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