shelter
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Rebels shelter in foxholes, camouflaged among thousands of oil wells dug in an unregulated practice dating back centuries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
In rare criticism of Israel, the Board of Peace said it had been urging the Israeli government to authorise the entry of essential goods for temporary shelter and water and sanitation infrastructure.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Witnesses told AFP they saw people seeking shelter in shops and restaurants in the usually bustling streets around the Main Square.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
But the water washed it into the flooded shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
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Hundreds of haze shelters have been set up across the island, and masks are being distributed to children, the elderly and other vulnerable residents.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Air raid shelters, anti-aircraft defences - it's remarkable how much was built in a short space of time," he added.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
He complained that some rocket shelters had been turned into prayer rooms, reducing their availability during emergencies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Her mother was always going to places like schools and shelters and giving them money.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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A touch of frost will be possible in sheltered areas in the northern half of the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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
The new suits were filed by people who witnessed the shooting at the town’s secondary school, including Deidre Rushlow, a seventh-grade teacher who sheltered students under her desk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
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Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless in heavy rain or sheltering in temporary facilities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
He had been sheltering behind a tree, but it fell, and there hadn’t been time to find cover anywhere else.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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