find/take shelter
idiom
: to go somewhere for cover and protection from danger, bad weather, etc.
They found/took shelter in a cave during the storm.
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Oleh Kiper, the head of Ukraine's Odesa region, which includes Izmayil, warned residents of the port city to take shelter overnight.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
On Sunday, authorities called on residents to take shelter as the Spanish Weather Agency increased its weather alert in the coastal Valencia area to the maximum red level due to more expected rain.
—Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Safest places in buildings A study published last year in the Physics of Fluids journal examined the safest places to take shelter within a building should a devastating attack occur.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Of course, the remaining rowhouses untouched by hurricane or typhoon damage become overrun by survivors, and, of course, those inhabitants are less than welcoming to others trying to take shelter inside.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
On Sunday, authorities called on residents to take shelter as the Spanish Weather Agency increased its weather alert in the coastal Valencia area to the maximum red level due to more expected rain.
—Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Safest places in buildings A study published last year in the Physics of Fluids journal examined the safest places to take shelter within a building should a devastating attack occur.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Of course, the remaining rowhouses untouched by hurricane or typhoon damage become overrun by survivors, and, of course, those inhabitants are less than welcoming to others trying to take shelter inside.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Find/take shelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%2Ftake%20shelter. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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