How to Use shelter-in-place in a Sentence

shelter-in-place

adjective
  • Where is the shelter-in-place order for?
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • What is a shelter-in-place order?
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Where is shelter-in-place order in Louisville?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The shelter-in-place order has since been lifted.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The shelter-in-place order has since been lifted.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The shelter-in-place was lifted around midnight.
    — Austen Erblat, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Where are there shelter-in-place advisories?
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The next month, Idaho went into shelter-in-place mode with the rest of the world.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Parnell had said a shelter-in-place was in place for affected areas.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • 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
  • Several streets are closed, and a shelter-in-place order is in effect.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The other schools in town were put into a shelter-in-place mode, according to police.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2024
  • 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 city issued a shelter-in-place order on Sunday while the search was on for the suspects.
    — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • While a shelter-in-place alert has not lifted, many guests are returning to reclaim their soggy seats.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The Navy said other sites on the base were not under threat and not put under a shelter-in-place order.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Although the suspect remains at large, a shelter-in-place order has not been reestablished.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • The shelter-in-place is reduced to a quarter-mile radius around the crash site, covering a half-mile area.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The fire also prompted shelter-in-place orders that were later lifted.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • Police later began lifting shelter-in-place orders in the city.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Mar. 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
  • The release said some residents are under shelter-in-place orders.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The map above shows the former shelter-in-place area in orange and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Rain, which rolled into the city mid-morning, fell heavy at times, with storms in the area that caused a shelter-in-place warning to be issued.
    — Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There is a shelter-in-place for those living in the immediate surrounding area.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The fire caused a partial roof collapse and prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Classes resumed after the shelter-in-place order was lifted.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Staples High School was also put in a shelter-in-place mode for about an hour as a precaution.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026

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