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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Wednesday, the weather service issued a special alert about a strong thunderstorm tracking 11 miles south of San Clemente that could bring wind gusts up to 55 mph, warning people to seek shelter inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"At the same time, we're supposed to run to the shelter as quickly as possible."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

A small shelter was placed in the middle of the trap that proved very enticing for Luna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The incident occurred during sudden rainfall, which witnesses say prompted a surge of people to try to seek shelter.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Early every morning we would settle into our new shelter for the day, make ourselves and Marlene as comfortable as we could, and then sooner or later Peter would disappear.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

In the capital, only 40 percent of schools have shelters with sufficient capacity for all pupils, city hall told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For more than four decades, the 1736 Family Crisis Center has offered care for victims of domestic violence, running shelters and crisis hotlines in L.A. and Orange counties on what today is a $15-million budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Better-tailored air alerts can limit the number of businesses that have to shut down and avoid sending civilians to shelters unless a threat is imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Instead of relying entirely on protective structures built on the surface, future astronauts might be able to use some of the Moon's existing geological formations as shelters.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yet, perversely, pressure is growing in some quarters to reduce the number of shelters to discourage what is seen—amazingly to me—as overuse of the trail.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

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

According to the Texas Tribune, Garces Perez asked if he could park somewhere sheltered from traffic.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

They had stayed sheltered under a huge fir tree, at the base of a bluff eleven miles north of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

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

Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

He said they were now sheltering in a school that is being used as a refuge for those who survived.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

When he returned to Japan, he was charged with sheltering a political fugitive and arrested again.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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