fallout shelter
Example Sentences
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It will serve as a fallout shelter against deadly storms and also house the city's police department and the fire department that came to Benham's aid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Intimations of imminent war were routinely made, with one host asking viewers to secure a "fallout shelter."
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
Our basement bunker was actually a combination bomb shelter and fallout shelter, to protect us from both the explosion and the subsequent radiation.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
When Putin started talking about nuclear weapons, Narro posted a fallout shelter sign to social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Black-and-yellow triangular fallout shelter signs proliferated in public spaces, pointing the way to underground refuge from radiation.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
