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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Much of the stickiness in core inflation came from categories which operate almost independently of oil prices, including shelter costs such as rent and labor-intensive services such as healthcare and car insurance.

From MarketWatch ● 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

The 2025 tax law set the federal estate-tax exclusion—or the amount an individual can shelter from estate taxes—at $15 million for deaths in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Torak dragged what remained of their gear into the yew branch shelter, then kicked at the fire, sending sparks shooting skywards.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Rio Tinto has previously faced criticism for destroying two sacred Aboriginal rock shelters in Pilbara which sat above tonnes of iron ore.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

Tijuana's migrant shelters, once overflowing, are now closed or barely operating.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

We hurry past shelters, the wooden toilet hut.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Folk musicians performed as pilgrims sheltered from the spring sun under umbrellas.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

It followed armed police swooping on a nearby sheltered housing retirement complex, Ger-y-Nant, where the man was arrested.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The home’s porte cochère once sheltered her Volkswagen after trips to the market.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

He remembered what Coram van Texel had said: there were things in the water that had been disturbed, and things in the sky too....He sheltered his eyes with his hand and peered upwards.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

On a later visit to the busy station, we found passengers waiting outside the main entrance or sheltering in underground passageways.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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

Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless in heavy rain or sheltering in temporary facilities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

I had to find a means of sheltering myself.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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