shelter
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The birds are sparrows and house martins, arrived from North Africa seeking shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"After these last five years I spent in Afghanistan, what do I have to show?" asks Mahbouba Seraj, an Afghan activist who runs a shelter, when we visit her in Kabul.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Other children at the shelter kick a ball around while their parents make use of food donations to cobble together meals for their little ones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The dog was transported to an animal shelter in nearby Bonita.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When I sat in the shelter grilling fish, eating it, and remembering his stories, I did not feel alone.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The 2026 Homeless Count recorded just 27 unhoused individuals in 16 dwellings, such as vehicles, tents or makeshift shelters, in Malibu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The organisation credits him with organising "the building of shelters and infrastructure" in Bangladesh "which saved tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from the threat of landslides and floods".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As of April 2025, there were 61,142 shelters across Japan, but less than seven percent were underground, according to government data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
“We could volunteer at homeless shelters and food banks. Or teach kids math. Or play board games at Mrs. Gilbert’s senior citizen complex and walk rescue dogs at the animal shelter...”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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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
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
“They suffered and they did their duty,” Sledge writes, “so a sheltered homeland can enjoy the peace that was purchased at such high cost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
A house with a sloping red roof and a barn where cows mooed, a sheltered well right in front.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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In other footage, the Israeli forces appear to have confiscated the canopy under which the settlers were sheltering, while leaving their other equipment.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It is impossible for anyone to collect every pistol, rifle, and piece of weaponry,” said Yahya Hisham, 41, who was displaced from northern Gaza during the war and is now sheltering in Deir al-Balah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The city and county secured $1.6 million for emergency housing relocation through Airbnb and housing nonprofits, sheltering more than 1,300 residents and hundreds of pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Timothy was taking the full blows of the storm, sheltering me with his body.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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