close the door on
Example Sentences
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The latest agreement does not close the door on AI, but it does introduce new protections.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
“Typically athletes kind of close the door on their athletic journey and then they start to invest in their sport. But I want to do it right now,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
“We wanted to focus on that very recent, very tangible and particularly gross injustice, which doesn’t close the door on revisiting other commutations in prior eras and in prior administrations,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
The latest survey does not give comparable figures, but Dr Ingala Smith said the organisation believed the disparity was because biological mothers find it very difficult to "close the door" on their child.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025
They hurried to close the door on the real Mafalda; Harry and Ron threw the Invisibility Cloak over themselves but Hermione remained in view, waiting.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
