shelter
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This will help once-common species like swifts return to neighbourhoods, as well as help mammals and pollinators move safely across habitats to find food and shelter.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Khong had suggested meeting at the animal shelter because it’s a key setting for her short story “Tapetum Lucidum,” named for the demon-like glow behind some animals’ superior night vision.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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
“Bet that shelter is filled with news people. I’m kind of partial to bad coffee and day-old donuts.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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