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shelter

[shel-ter] / ˈʃɛl tər /




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The experimental index that tracks senior spending more accurately, the R-CPI-E, has historically run hotter than the headline figure because retirees spend more on the two categories rising fastest: healthcare and shelter.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Panish played prison phone recordings that suggested they were seeking to shift assets to their son and daughter and shelter them from the Iskanders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The mayor's flagship program -- a short-term shelter system using tiny homes and a network of hotels -- has drawn criticism.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

To be accused of stealing one’s poems when the poems were the last shelter of the self was an unusual cruelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He thought of Fa: not Fa as he lay dying in the wreck of their shelter, but Fa as he’d been just before the bear attacked: laughing at the joke Torak had made.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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