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The company has said it will continue to manage the landfill, including addressing the smoldering underground fire “that is affecting the northwest corner of the landfill, as well as closure and post-closure activities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
It also helps researchers refine geological models of an area shaped by repeated episodes of ocean closure and continental collision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mr. Ocker suggests that residents may have been ready to distance themselves from the closure, in that year, of a North Tarrytown auto plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The bank notes that Audi’s Neckarsulm plant in southwest Germany is one of four German Volkswagen plants facing possible closure after 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
When somebody dies, you get closure by having a funeral.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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His surname became synonymous with big-money deals, success and opulence despite a string of bankruptcies, casino closures and failed direct-to-consumer businesses.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Outside of complete airspace closures and foreign bans, which are generally rare, airlines are left to make their own decisions on where to fly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The haze has prompted school closures in Malaysia and East Timor, and has drifted into Singapore and as far afield as the Philippines.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Around 550 job closures have already been announced in news, while more than 30 job cuts have so far been announced for BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
A list of school district closures scrolls across the bottom of the screen.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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Theatres are facing lower sales from the cost-of-living crisis only a year after most re-opened following closured prompted by Covid lockdowns.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022
Bad enough to have Members working off at public meetings speeches that had been closured in Commons.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
The qualifying adjective 'good' is dangerous, and before the time for the bill was half expired, Bozzy has closured it and the amendment.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask
After another fight, the Government closured through an Appropriation Bill covering Supply for ten weeks, and the House was dissolved on 31st August, the election being fixed for 2nd October.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
Christian's response was closured by a wild outcry from the wood, hounds and horn lifting up their voices together in sudden delirium.
From Mount Music by Martin Ross
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