shelter
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Encampment resolution programs, such as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe that offered shelter to tent dwellers, will have fewer to serve.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Keeping track of how many like them are sleeping outdoors without so much as a tent or vehicle to shelter them has become a major concern for the organization.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“The work of creating the shelter had brought something in her alive,” Mr. Verini writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Lithuania's president and prime minister were forced to take shelter on Tuesday, when a drone alert caused the capital Vilnius to come to a standstill.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He grabbed one of the alders he had used for their shelter and pulled it past the redwood roots.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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