fallout shelter
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It will serve as a fallout shelter against deadly storms and also house the city's police department and the fire department that came to Benham's aid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Intimations of imminent war were routinely made, with one host asking viewers to secure a "fallout shelter."
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
A nuclear fallout shelter that Canada built during the Cold War for its top government officials opened as a museum in the late 1990s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Most people don’t notice the door to a long-abandoned fallout shelter.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
Black-and-yellow triangular fallout shelter signs proliferated in public spaces, pointing the way to underground refuge from radiation.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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