shelter
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Located in the city center, the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theater became a makeshift bomb shelter in the immediate days after the invasion, housing up to 1,500 Mariupoltsi pursuing refuge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
An evacuation order was also issued at the Seimas, Lithuania's parliament, according to local media, with politicians and staff led down to a basement shelter.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Officials urged people in the area to shelter in place near the mosque at 7050 Eckstrom Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
He spent most of his life with the same owner until she died and he was then handed to the charity's shelter.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The wind passed, the tail of a storm roaring out to sea, and Nim was snug in her sea lion shelter, breathing the warm smell of fur.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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