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During the COVID-19 pandemic, he recalled how his kitchen knives took off while people were sheltering at home and cooking more.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

Nasser said that many people were sheltering at the Russian air base in Hmeimim, Syria, adding that the international community should protect Alawites who are Syrian citizens loyal to their country.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

U.S. officials voiced concerns over the how a major operation in the city would affect the around 1.3 million Palestinians who were sheltering there after eight months of violence and multiple displacements.

From Salon • May 30, 2024

Some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians who were sheltering in Rafah are now fleeing the city as military operations intensify.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

Very bravely he went to the authorities and told them about his family and the pagans they were sheltering, and the soldiers went to the family’s house in the middle of the night.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman