shelter
Example Sentences
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Members of the press were instructed to shelter in place inside the White House briefing room.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Loo and his family were also in the process of arranging shelter while evacuation orders remain in effect.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Journalists who were on the White House North Lawn at the time said on X that they were ordered to run and shelter in the press briefing room.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Indie star Mitski isn't your typical Radio 1 artist, but she also drew an impressive crowd to the same stage on Saturday afternoon, including some who took the opportunity to shelter from the sun.
From BBC • May 23, 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
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