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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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Organised by the Egyptian Committee in the Gaza Strip, the meals take place in camps sheltering displaced Palestinians.

From Barron's

Bothies are basic shelters, where there is generally no electricity or running water.

From BBC

Japan's yukigassen federation emphasises the "mental challenge" posed by the game, in which players on both teams pelt their opponents while taking cover behind shelters.

From Barron's

"It strips a kid of the feeling of belonging. It strips away safeness, shelter, trust. Imagine a kid bowling around with no one to talk to. That was me."

From BBC

What began as a tax shelter for a British band had become infrastructure in a Japanese conglomerate’s intellectual-property empire.

From The Wall Street Journal