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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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The state has also appealed to humanitarian partners to support vulnerable women, children and elderly left without food, shelter and medicine.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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

And what they were told was that the children in the camps needed more than food and shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We all go to the shelter together and stay with each other," Anya said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For just a moment or two, I thought he had found us a shelter, but I couldn’t see it.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The controversy emphasized how California, where shelters are overflowing with animals, failed to regulate private rescue groups.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

In the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of residents were accommodated in emergency shelters after the floods hit.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Most of the demonstrations in recent weeks have been peaceful, but some protesters have started fires and vandalised bus shelters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Some families hurried to remodel their cellars into bomb shelters.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

The family spent £15,000 installing new sprinkler systems and huge fans to cool the cattle in their sheds when they sheltered from the heat outside.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Many people sheltered in a nearby gymnasium for safety.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

They weren’t more than ten feet away, but the cluster of huisaches sheltered us from their view.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

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

The lesser figures were accused of sheltering migrants, transporting them across France to the so-called "jungle" camp outside Calais, and helping on the night of the departure.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

A black-stalked plant towered over us, its dark green leaves, broader than a man’s hand, sheltering purple bellshaped flowers.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein


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