How to Use shelter-in-place in a Sentence

shelter-in-place

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  • The next month, Idaho went into shelter-in-place mode with the rest of the world.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
  • A lot of people tried them while in shelter-in-place mode.
    Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The shelter-in-place order was lifted around 10:15 p.m.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The shelter-in-place warning was lifted around 8:30 p.m.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Much like Suzy, Rafaeli was trying to make sense of the world during those lonely, dark hours of Covid’s shelter-in-place.
    David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Employees above the first floor of the building were given the shelter-in-place order.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 June 2024
  • The shelter-in-place order was lifted by 8 a.m. After the race, some questioned the decision to start the race on time.
    The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • After the fire grew, the city issued a shelter-in-place warning to the city and surrounding areas.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Some questioned why the shelter-in-place order was lifted if a suspect had not been found.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2023
  • The crash knocked out power and the area and resulted in a temporary shelter-in-place order for homes within 1,000 feet of the scene.
    Kristina Sgueglia, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The City of Deer Park issued a shelter-in-place for all residents due to the chemical release.
    Allyson Ackerman, Chron, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The other schools in town were put into a shelter-in-place mode, according to police.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Police in Falls Township had issued a shelter-in-place warning amid the search for the suspect that has since been lifted.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Mayor Cosby Johnson said a shelter-in-place order was in effect for the city.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • No injuries were reported, and the lockdown and shelter-in-place were lifted.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Feb. 2025
  • During the search, residents in the Beach Creek community were told to shelter-in-place, the school district said.
    CBS News, 2 June 2023
  • Police were planning to issue a shelter-in-place order for a two-block radius around the 400 block of Commodore Drive, which is a few blocks from the Kwik Trip.
    Brian Arola, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The public comment portion regarding the agenda item on Pride Month was cut short due to the shelter-in-place order.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • The shelter-in-place order was lifted at around 8:45 p.m. with an announcement on X that a suspect was in custody.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • The city of Deer Park said in an advisory that there was no shelter-in-place order for residents.
    CBS News, 6 May 2023
  • The college said on its website that a shelter-in-place order has been issued for students on campus.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • According to the Deer Park city officials, a shelter-in-place has not been used for Deer Park residents.
    Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • The shooting led to a shelter-in-place order and a countywide school lockdown, according to News19.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The last shelter-in-place warning regarding the incident was issued on the evening of Oct. 16 and expired the following day.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • In Nashville, the rain was so intense that a shelter-in-place warning was issued an hour before Swift's opener, Gracie Abrams, took the stage.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Four additional shelter-in-place messages were sent out to the public throughout the hazmat spill clean-up until 5:06 p.m. the next day.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The shelter-in-place order in the Cameron area has been lifted; however, there will continue to be a heavy law enforcement presence in the area.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The shelter-in-place order was lifted shortly thereafter.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The shooting prompted the university to issue a shelter-in-place order while police searched and cleared the areas.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Soon, an official shelter-in-place order beeped across the cell phone network, and an apartment building a block away went on lockdown.
    Ryan Young, CNN, 4 May 2023

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