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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Workers in the city’s financial district, students at some international schools and diplomats were ordered to evacuate or take shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In Riyadh, home to a large number of non-Saudis, diplomats were instructed to shelter in place in their respective embassies, diplomats told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The missions will search for underground caves that could shelter astronauts, investigate hidden deposits of lunar ice, and monitor environmental hazards that could threaten future explorers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Dalit, who survived with Achi and their three children by hiding in their own shelter for nearly 12 hours that day, recalls the last social media messages sent by Tamar to her neighbours.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mutti and I were trying to help him up, doing all we could to persuade him that we had to get back to the shelter.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Instead of relying entirely on protective structures built on the surface, future astronauts might be able to use some of the Moon's existing geological formations as shelters.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Ferguson, the focus is on a Washington state law that protects access to safe state-licensed youth shelters and subsidized mental healthcare counseling.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

“When schools are destroyed, when bus shelters are targeted, when transport is attacked, we seek the civil liability of the parents,” Darmanin told local radio station RTL.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I read that 670,000 dogs are killed in shelters each year. And I only care about 1 of them. I’d let all the other dogs go if I could save Pi.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

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

Many people sheltered in a nearby gymnasium for safety.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

They were somewhat sheltered by the forest’s canopy of leaves, but the day grew warmer by the quarter hour.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

On a later visit to the busy station, we found passengers waiting outside the main entrance or sheltering in underground passageways.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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

Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The accountant who wants to stay in business in America will be the one who focuses on designing creative, complex strategies, like tax avoidance or tax sheltering, managing customer relationships,” he said.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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