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shelters

  • plural
    of shelter.
    shelter
    noun
    something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • present tense form
    of shelter (3rd person singular).
    shelter
    noun
    something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.

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Evacuation shelters for both fires have been opened at the Carmel Mission Inn and Cambria Veterans Memorial Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

The attacks have caused massive delays to train services around the country and traffic jams in Kyiv as the citizens have had to flee to shelters throughout the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Yugo said hundreds of homes in Nitung Village were severely damaged by the earthquake, and that residents had been sheltering in makeshift shelters.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

She starts doing the math: At this point, there are about two hundred evacuation shelters.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman