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Meanings of makeshift shelters in English

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Usage of makeshift shelters in English
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Families use it to prop up tarpaulin tents or build makeshift shelters.
Reuters
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Dazed residents hoarded water and huddled in makeshift shelters in near-freezing temperatures.
Reuters
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In 2016 many were living in makeshift shelters or sharing crowded rooms.
Reuters
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Evacuees are being housed in makeshift shelters like town halls and school gyms.
Reuters
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Thousands of Concepcion residents camped out in tents or makeshift shelters, fearing fresh tremors.
Reuters
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Typhoon victims huddled in makeshift shelters to cook their meals.
Reuters
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It's not unusual any more to see makeshift shelters around the city of Dublin.
The Irish Times
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The residents live in makeshift shelters in areas that quickly becomes a swamp after rain.
Radio NZ
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Thousands of families made homeless by the cyclone squatted on the highway, some under makeshift shelters.
Reuters
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Hundreds of thousands of people have spent the night outdoors in makeshift shelters fearing more aftershocks.
BBC
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We are only operating out of makeshift shelters.
Radio NZ
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They spend nights in tents and makeshift shelters in a shrub they call - the jungle.
Reuters
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Survivors camped out in filthy conditions in about 300 makeshift shelters across Haiti's shattered capital, Port-au-Prince.
The Irish Times
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The flooding left thousands of people, including many children, crammed in makeshift shelters and without basics necessities.
Reuters
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Along the way, we dodged many bodies and wound through the layers of partitions and makeshift shelters.
Enclave
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Snow and freezing winds have whipped through the makeshift shelters that have now housed some for years.
BBC
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Makeshift shelters across language varieties
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