shelter
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Zwilling got to the shelter around 7:40 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Thursday, the animal shelter held a silent auction among the four contenders who had come forward wanting to adopt him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The regional administration issued an alert earlier in the night warning residents to take shelter.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The workers discovered the gold when they were in the process of laying sewage pipes for the new shelter homes set to be built there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Chase put the phone back in the plastic bag and came out from under his makeshift shelter.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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Yugo said hundreds of homes in Nitung Village were severely damaged by the earthquake, and that residents had been sheltering in makeshift shelters.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
As of April 2025, there were 61,142 shelters across Japan, but less than seven percent were underground, according to government data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Fewer available surgeries mean more unsterilized cats, more kittens born outdoors and more animals entering shelters during a season when space, foster homes, staffing and veterinary capacity are already stretched,” Newkirk said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Netting and wire meshes around infrastructure can be useful against drones, and hardened shelters can help protect resources that have to be on the surface, such as aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Yesterday, they had suddenly stumbled upon an Indian village, passing palm-leaf shelters along the shore and some sticks poking out of the water, which was all that was left of the Indians’ fishing trap.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Meanwhile, passenger rail remained resilient, sheltered from the oil market on an electric grid powered mainly by coal and renewables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
This year, its 638 beds became part of a jigsaw puzzle of new beds and vacancies that added up to Skid Row’s increase of 614 sheltered residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Another of the rare adults among the migrants camped out in the complex, a woman of 45, sheltered nearby, her face burned red by the sun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Another call takes Charlotte and Connor to a sheltered housing development and an elderly resident who is feeling faint.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bridge spanned a dry gully, which sheltered them as they slept.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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The city and county secured $1.6 million for emergency housing relocation through Airbnb and housing nonprofits, sheltering more than 1,300 residents and hundreds of pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bodycam footage showed the moment a rescuer reached a family of three, and their dogs, sheltering in their destroyed house as water flooded parts of Uvalde county, Texas.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Dozens of ports remain closed across the archipelago nation, with 313 vessels sheltering from "adverse weather conditions".
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 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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