shelter
Example Sentences
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Lean said she did not want to be sent to a shelter.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
She could see they were getting paid handsomely to take in hundreds of shelter dogs annually, based on public records requests she filed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
“My father was an immigrant and my mother ran a homeless shelter and it was a socially conscious household,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
After Microtel was initially rejected for a contract, Carone intervened, prosecutors said, and the hotel was subsequently awarded $6,825,000 in shelter contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
I thought of getting more food, and some form of shelter before nightfall.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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