shelter
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This will help once-common species like swifts return to neighbourhoods, as well as help mammals and pollinators move safely across habitats to find food and shelter.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
They describe the shift as a tactical move — shelter in the highest quality and most defensive pockets of stocks, found in the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Tiffany Crear said she walked out from a South L.A. congregate shelter about nine months ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The couple had arrived just hours earlier at the Mount Carmel Medical Center and were taken straight to the facility's underground shelter, carved into the mountainside.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Back at the shelter, he plucked and spitted the woodgrouse, and set it to roast over the fire.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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