shelter

Example Sentences

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Afghans who worked alongside US troops during almost two decades of war were once promised a home in the United States to shelter them from the extremist intolerance of the Taliban.

From Barron's

That meant you could lock your money up for the long run in such potentially high-yielding assets as commercial real estate or private lending, sheltered from the upsetting fluctuations of public financial markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much of the inflation surprise stemmed from softer price gains in shelter.

From Barron's

Economists have long been waiting for the inflation index’s shelter component, which notably lags behind market-rate rents, to ease.

From Barron's

There wasn’t really space for this kind of sheltering away or trying to manufacture some kind of dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times