shelter
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She was taught where to shelter if any space weather were to hit the space station.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"One residential camp completely washed away, another remains where we took shelter."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Each action involves months of preparation, developing a by-name list of people in the encampment and offering shelter at a county-purchased motel in Lancaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
That exclusion can shelter up to $250,000 of gain, or up to $500,000 for married couples filing jointly.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
He crept out of the shelter without waking Abby, and quickly gathered a pile of dry leaves.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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The attacks have caused massive delays to train services around the country and traffic jams in Kyiv as the citizens have had to flee to shelters throughout the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Volunteers from the charity visit feral colonies across Leeds, providing food, water and shelters to keep them warm.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hundreds spent the night in shelters in Chiba, NHK reported, showing cars in water up to the headlights in Kashiwa city.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
While the business of cosmetically modified, futuristic-looking pets remains in its infancy, animal rights groups worry that eventually the creatures will be created, sold and later discarded in crowded municipal shelters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was warm now, and she would be crossing a shadeless expanse of grass, broken by straight asphalt paths and public shelters.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Planned measures include reducing the frequency of bin collections, closing heritage attractions, ending bus routes and - in the case of one council - completely removing sheltered housing support.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The faint moonlight provided just enough light to help guide them into the sheltered doorstep of a shuttered tea shop nearby.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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It also provided the Yemeni militants with intelligence, target lists including Saudi ports and energy facilities, and advice on sheltering from Saudi retaliation, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
Woolford's cows still come out into the fields in the morning, but by midday they are back in the barns, sheltering from the sun and eating feedstocks that should have been saved for the winter.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I gaze down the hillside to where the others are sheltering in the little stone house.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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