shelter
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Midland’s affordability metrics looked at items such as the cost of shelter, including rents and mortgages, as well as utilities, transportation and fuel and consumer goods and services.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The shelter has four different entrances to allow all the children downstairs smoothly, and spans several rooms and corridors with desks for everyone.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Ryzhenkov said the company had "improved the covered areas" at its mills where workers can shelter during air raids.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
With attacks now almost daily, MBS is being shuttled from bomb shelter to bomb shelter in Jeddah, according to a knowledgeable international source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
She was kneeling at the mouth of a shelter on the other side of the clearing, talking urgently.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
He complained that some rocket shelters had been turned into prayer rooms, reducing their availability during emergencies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Board members for the nonprofit, which runs domestic violence shelters in the L.A. area, approved the arrangement in 2018, according to emails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Queen Camilla has been running her Queen's Reading Room project for five years, a kind of mega book club, with festivals and events and outreach projects, such as bringing books to homeless shelters.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Some groups have fashioned shelters with rugs and sheets of plastic draped over sticks poked in the ground.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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The home’s porte cochère once sheltered her Volkswagen after trips to the market.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
According to the Texas Tribune, Garces Perez asked if he could park somewhere sheltered from traffic.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The jury which condemned Patterson to prison were supposed to be isolated - sheltered from the frenzy surrounding the case while they deliberated.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The only thing that my father and his brother had in common was the land that fed us, sheltered us, and provided the rice, palm wine, and shea butter that we sold at the market.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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Prince William greeted the Sultan on Tuesday morning, the pair sheltering under umbrellas.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
Japan and South Korea show an interest in sheltering under the EU umbrella too.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
All but twelve ships had finally regrouped behind the sheltering spine of Massey's Hook, in the calmer waters of Blackwater Bay, but not before they had lost considerable time.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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