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
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
Our basement bunker was actually a combination bomb shelter and fallout shelter, to protect us from both the explosion and the subsequent radiation.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
As a child in New York City in the 1960s, Victor Narro remembers feeling comforted whenever he saw a sign indicating a fallout shelter — three yellow triangles in a black circle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
“Guess what, Grace? Your uncle Charley is going to take me down to the fallout shelter for my extra-credit report.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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