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
The overall CPI rose 0.4% last month, with shelter accounting for about a third of the increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Residents used pots and pans to clear water from their flooded tents, with some saying they were left without shelter.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Torak couldn’t hear what they were saying at the clan meet, but at least he could see them, thanks to the odd construction of the Raven shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Peterborough City Council said 34 bus stops could include Living Roofs, mini-gardens planted on top of bus shelters that are made up of wildflowers and other vegetation.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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
In the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of residents were accommodated in emergency shelters after the floods hit.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
In the capital, only 40 percent of schools have shelters with sufficient capacity for all pupils, city hall told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The shelters along this section of trail were mostly new and spanking clean.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Folk musicians performed as pilgrims sheltered from the spring sun under umbrellas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
A touch of frost will be possible in sheltered areas in the northern half of the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Under Ms. Bass’s signature program, the city has spent $82,420 a year for each homeless person it has sheltered in motels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
We are little flames poorly sheltered by frail walls against the storm of dissolution and madness, in which we flicker and sometimes almost go out.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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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
Diplomats stationed in the Saudi capital were sheltering in place and international schools took safety measures on Thursday, diplomats and residents told AFP, after explosions echoed across the city.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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
It also provided the Yemeni militants with intelligence, target lists including Saudi ports and energy facilities, and advice on sheltering from Saudi retaliation, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The crowd of sheltering refugees was gone now; the station nearly deserted.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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