take shelter
Example Sentences
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Investors nervous about geopolitical risk might also take shelter in healthcare.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Inmates take shelter at the buzz of drones sweeping overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Kampala has been quiet in recent days as residents headed home to their villages to vote -- or take shelter.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
All those around Sharif are fleeing, but he refuses to leave his home, although he eventually sends the rest of the family to take shelter in nearby Nablus.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
“Madame,” said I, ”’twas far from our intention to intrude upon the grief of any; but believing the house unoccupied, we wished to take shelter here for a few hours before resuming our journey.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
