shelter

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With temperatures ranging from below freezing in August to 40C in the summer months, it would also have been tough without shelter.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She called on authorities "to make at least one inclusive shelter in each district".

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The post on a Phillies fan page proclaimed that Bohm had donated his “entire $15.9 million bonus and sponsorship earnings to a homeless shelter in Omaha.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Many carriers have also suspended services in and around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, forcing some ships already in the area to seek shelter following Iranian threats to vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

More often than not now, we found ourselves sharing whatever shelter we could find with other refugees, and often with dozens of retreating German soldiers too, which made us all very nervous.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo