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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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They describe the shift as a tactical move — shelter in the highest quality and most defensive pockets of stocks, found in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“In real life, there are no answers,” she said on a sticky 99-degree Wednesday in February at the Pasadena Humane shelter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A study from the Canine Behaviour Centre at Queen's University Belfast, published in 2023, looked at the reaction of 50 dogs in a rescue shelter to different screens.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

He thought of Fa: not Fa as he lay dying in the wreck of their shelter, but Fa as he’d been just before the bear attacked: laughing at the joke Torak had made.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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