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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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It was clear that he needed a reliable shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The local town hall was opened to provide shelter and coordinate with emergency services, the local mayor said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The 2025 tax law set the federal estate-tax exclusion—or the amount an individual can shelter from estate taxes—at $15 million for deaths in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

It is likely that underneath any clear spells, particularly in the north and again in the shelter of the easterly breeze, fog will develop through the night.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

He went off to the nearest shelter, and returned with an ashwood spear tipped with a vicious basalt point, and what seemed to be a length of triple-thickness reindeer hide.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

"Air raid shelters, anti-aircraft defences - it's remarkable how much was built in a short space of time," he added.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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 capital, only 40 percent of schools have shelters with sufficient capacity for all pupils, city hall told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For more than four decades, the 1736 Family Crisis Center has offered care for victims of domestic violence, running shelters and crisis hotlines in L.A. and Orange counties on what today is a $15-million budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

We hurry past shelters, the wooden toilet hut.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

It moves the familiar story about a bullied, sheltered teenage girl to the present.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Police were also called to nearby sheltered housing retirement complex, Ger-y-Nant, where the man was arrested.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

HUD’s definition includes sheltered persons living in some kind of temporary housing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

According to the Texas Tribune, Garces Perez asked if he could park somewhere sheltered from traffic.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

At dawn waking he lifted his head; the rain had ceased; he saw, sheltered in the folds of his cloak, a little animal curled up asleep which had crept there for warmth.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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

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

Rowan hugged himself and shuddered, sheltering behind the tall figure of Marlie from those terrible red eyes.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda


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