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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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The Met Office has urged people to "stay indoors as much as possible", adding: "If you do go out, try not to walk, or shelter, close to buildings and trees."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mohammed Annour spent much of his youth living in a flimsy shelter in a dusty, overcrowded refugee camp in east Africa, where the days were long, the food was poor and the future nonexistent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We spend more time in shelter than in classrooms," Kurinna sighed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

With attacks now almost daily, MBS is being shuttled from bomb shelter to bomb shelter in Jeddah, according to a knowledgeable international source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

If he made a game of it, like playing house in the woods, she could lie down in the shelter and sleep while he walked to the bridge and back.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

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

He complained that some rocket shelters had been turned into prayer rooms, reducing their availability during emergencies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Board members for the nonprofit, which runs domestic violence shelters in the L.A. area, approved the arrangement in 2018, according to emails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

For two nights we had shelters to ourselves, and on the third we were just exchanging congratulations on this remarkable string of luck when we heard a cacophony of voices approaching through the woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Some local fog patches are likely first thing, particularly in sheltered rural locations, before lifting to leave spells of sunshine and variable cloud for many.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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

The only thing that my father and his brother had in common was the land that fed us, sheltered us, and provided the rice, palm wine, and shea butter that we sold at the market.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince

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

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

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

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

There, sheltering behind a small bush, was a bird which looked almost the same as the milk bird.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith


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