How to Use shelter-in-place in a Sentence
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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 -
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 -
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 -
During the search, residents in the Beach Creek community were told to shelter-in-place, the school district said.
— CBS News, 2 June 2023 -
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 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 -
Police later began lifting shelter-in-place orders in the city.
— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2023 -
The release said some residents are under shelter-in-place orders.
— Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Police took two suspects into custody, lifted the shelter-in-place warning and reopened the streets around 6:30 a.m., police said.
— oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023 -
The Tuesday evening shooting sent students running and forced hourslong shelter-in-place orders as police combed the campus for a suspect.
— Paradise Afshar, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023 -
Kole continued to rely on Twitter during the manhunt, when a citywide shelter-in-place directive made on-the-street sources harder to come by.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Riggs said that officers directed everyone to shelter-in-place to stay safe from an active shooter in the area.
— Riley Bunch, ajc, 4 May 2023 -
The escape prompted a shelter-in-place order Wednesday at George Washington University and the school canceled all of its evening classes and events.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
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