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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Communicate with your shelter about what medical responsibilities, if any, you’ll have during your foster period.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

We saw crowds of shop workers from Kyiv's biggest department store hanging around the streets during an alert, forced to leave their work place but not fearful enough to seek shelter.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The group became stranded in Mud Creek Canyon and were forced to create a small encampment, with little to no shelter, in the steep drainage.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

We were late finding our shelter that morning, but Peter was not too worried because there was a thick mist all around us, and we were well enough hidden.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

He has designed and installed small concrete shelters for them in the lake itself, and set up his own captive population in a greenhouse at his home in Llanarth.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Some shelters, like the Santé D’Or Foundation, provide necessities for you, but every rescue has its own approach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Locals have expressed safety concerns and some have destroyed shelters and blocked aid being supplied to the migrants.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The Ukrainian air force had warned that the threat of "ballistic weapons and other means of attack against Kyiv and the region remains in effect", and urged residents to remain in shelters.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

“You’ll see. There are other animal shelters that would love to have us.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

"It reminds me of Covid," Djamila, a Parisian retiree said in late June, as city residents sheltered indoors from the heat.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

She and Faraj then sheltered inside the building, which was destroyed by a third strike at about 16:25.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

But the innocence which our isolation sheltered could not last forever, and the affairs of the town began to reach across our bridge and enter my life.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

“It is impossible for anyone to collect every pistol, rifle, and piece of weaponry,” said Yahya Hisham, 41, who was displaced from northern Gaza during the war and is now sheltering in Deir al-Balah.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in surrounding areas, but Bordeaux's mayor said there were no plans to evacuate the urban area, home to 850,000 people and currently sheltering thousands evacuated from zones close by.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison




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