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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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She told shelter officials that she and her family had been scouring the neighborhood, including posting fliers and contacting local dog rescues.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

One park in Pereira was transformed into a makeshift shelter with tents and mattresses.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

“When that many vulnerable animals arrive before our foster network has fully mobilized, the gap between what a shelter can provide and what neonatal kittens need to survive becomes devastating,” Amster said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

An hour later, she says, the three of them reached a shelter camp on a national highway some distance away from their house in Charing village in Sivasagar district, one of the worst flood-affected districts.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Wolf had gone off on his nightly wanderings, and the only signs of life in the camp were the silent Ravens guarding the defenses, and the rumble of snores from Oslak’s shelter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Netting and wire meshes around infrastructure can be useful against drones, and hardened shelters can help protect resources that have to be on the surface, such as aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Being able to visit shelters means they frequently can meet the people they serve and better understand what’s working and what’s not.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

They take the olive groves and the goats and the summer houses, and they take the makeshift shelters and the fragile new footing of people who had already lost everything once.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Authorities evacuated more than 500 people last year after Fuego spewed gas and ash, with residents moved to shelters from communities near the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

“Social services, shelters, food pantry, free clinic,” he said.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

This year, its 638 beds became part of a jigsaw puzzle of new beds and vacancies that added up to Skid Row’s increase of 614 sheltered residents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

In college, my worldly roommate, her Exeter sophistication lapping my sheltered convent education, introduced me to the saccharin-infused Pepsi Light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Another of the rare adults among the migrants camped out in the complex, a woman of 45, sheltered nearby, her face burned red by the sun.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

By pulling these animals out of their sheltered habitats and keeping them moving in circles, streetlights may leave them vulnerable to predators while also wasting energy needed for survival.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

The bridge spanned a dry gully, which sheltered them as they slept.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

One visitor sheltering in Seoul's Gimpo airport told The Korea Times it is a "perfect place to rest without spending any money".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Before his career took off, Reilly volunteered for the United Farm Workers and lived an ascetic life, sheltering in church halls, as he ministered to the poor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Dozens of ports remain closed across the archipelago nation, with 313 vessels sheltering from "adverse weather conditions".

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

She was “nervous,” she suffered “little spells”—such were the sheltering expressions used by those close to her.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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