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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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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

Authorities in the Aude department in south-west France cancelled the third stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in the area after a hailstorm in the French Pyrenees forced riders to seek shelter.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

“The workers were not fed properly, the shelter that they gave them was not appropriate, and many times workers were injured,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

A team of builders struck gold—$10 million worth of it—during construction work at the site of an old Belgian brewery set to be used as a homeless shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

We moved farther under the shelter as the wind drove raindrops toward us.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

After I talked to Grandma about it, I knew that there were no bomb shelters in our neighborhood and there wouldn't be any.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

"It reminds me of Covid," Djamila, a Parisian retiree said in late June, as city residents sheltered indoors from the heat.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 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

In college, my worldly roommate, her Exeter sophistication lapping my sheltered convent education, introduced me to the saccharin-infused Pepsi Light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Another call takes Charlotte and Connor to a sheltered housing development and an elderly resident who is feeling faint.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Next, Jack and the wolf found May, who had somehow managed to avoid being buried in the snow, landing on the sheltered side of a snowdrift.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

While Sharaa praised Russia's "historic role" in Syria and the region, Damascus has repeatedly demanded that it extradite Assad, who has been sheltering in Moscow with his wife since his ouster.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 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

Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Before his career took off, Reilly volunteered for the United Farm Workers and lived an ascetic life, sheltering in church halls, as he ministered to the poor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

He looked as if he was sheltering from the rain, except that it wasn’t raining.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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