shelter
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This will help once-common species like swifts return to neighbourhoods, as well as help mammals and pollinators move safely across habitats to find food and shelter.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program to tiny home villages, many types of interim shelter have high rates of exits to the streets and unknown locations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Boudreaux urged residents to shelter in place and told parents that children at the schools were safe.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
He’d been hoping for some kind of shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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