shelter
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More than half of the respondents said it was harder to find shelter after the fires than it had been before.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Revocable living trusts offer no shelter from creditors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
A roof might be the first requirement of shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The couple had arrived just hours earlier at the Mount Carmel Medical Center and were taken straight to the facility's underground shelter, carved into the mountainside.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
For just a moment or two, I thought he had found us a shelter, but I couldn’t see it.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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