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shel terd

  • v  provide shelter for
  • v  invest (money) so that it is not taxable
  • s  protected from danger or bad weather
    a sheltered harbor

  • They knew they were a forgotten tribe, crushed by a military campaign that is denied by the communist leaders of their small, sheltered nation.
  • His wife sheltered the body of their daughter.
  • More than two-fifths of sheltered homeless people have a disability.
News & Articles

  • Turkey Expands Violent Reaction to Street Unrest
    Turkish authorities took aim not just at the demonstrators in Taksim Square, but also at the medics who treated their injuries and the business owners who sheltered them.
    June 16, 2013 - New York Times
  • RI to close all 'sheltered workshops' for disabled
    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is moving to eliminate the type of "sheltered workshop" that was found to have violated the rights of disabled individuals for years at a state-licensed employment program in North Providence.        
    June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe
  • Merkel Got Taste of Markets From East German Blueberries
    Angela Merkel’s sheltered childhood as a pastor’s daughter living behind the Iron Curtain was no preparation for the job of steering Europe through its most serious economic crisis in decades.
    June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg
Quotes

  • Richard Nixon in guardian.co.uk
    They know what to do. They always find the sheltered areas,Nixon said as Ike blew shingles off rooftops.
  • Carla Del Ponte in International Herald Tribune
    Therefore, despite his denials at the time, he knew perfectly well that Mladic was sheltered by the army as I was telling him,Del Ponte said.
  • Tom McClintock in San Francisco Chronicle
    I know that Sen. Migden has led a very sheltered life and is very sensitive,McClintock said. "But I can assure her that the word 'hell' is often used in church. If it's good enough for church, it's good enough for the Senate floor."

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