Example Sentences
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Families - many of whom have already spent days searching hospitals, shelters and rubble - wait hours to try and confirm the deaths of their loved ones.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
“Kyiv is under a furious enemy attack,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram, urging residents to stay in shelters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
The city and county opened two smoke respite shelters in the immediate area so that people could breath cleaner air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
At the camp, nearly 200 families are crammed into fragile shelters stitched together from straw, torn fabric and sheets of plastic.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
When people bleat on about the trail being too crowded, what they mean is that the shelters are too crowded, and this is indubitably sometimes so.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
