shelter

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert read the message just before sirens warning of an Iranian missile threat went off in central Israel and sent him into his home’s bomb shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Dogs at the Chesterfield Square animal shelter have been kept inside their kennels for three weeks due to a giardia outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

In this case, a cave filled with the remains of past meals became a shelter for a completely different kind of inhabitant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

When I sat in the shelter grilling fish, eating it, and remembering his stories, I did not feel alone.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo