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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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Hawaii County's Civil Defense Agency said public shelters are available in every county on Big Island.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Normally busy streets became eerily quiet as police directed traffic to pull over and waved people into shelters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Some activists remain positive that more staffers at shelters will improve conditions, but others argue the money should go straight to the animals through food, enrichment and supplies instead of wages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Netting and wire meshes around infrastructure can be useful against drones, and hardened shelters can help protect resources that have to be on the surface, such as aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

There, I still encounter extended families of a few adults with their dependent children and elderly, living in crude temporary shelters along streams and traveling by canoe and on foot.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond