cut off
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Companies need to ask themselves what happens if their AI supplier vanishes or is ordered to cut off service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
North-westerly winds that have developed over recent days will briefly be cut off in southern areas on Friday, allowing temperatures to climb.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Emergency alerts were sent by telephone to residents of the districts because of the fire and several arterial roads were cut off, the Civil Guard said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
They spend their entire lives there, cut off from society.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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And last month he unveiled his production of “Death of a Salesman,” perhaps the most anticipated opening in the April crush before the Tony Award eligibility cut-off date.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Each phase of the ascent was, in the understated language of mission control, "nominal": maximum dynamic pressure, main engine cut-off and booster separation.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
In 2016, he went viral after delivering a lecture in which he summarised the 34 elite universities that set their own admission standards, rather than follow national cut-off scores.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Frustratingly, the performance came just after the cut-off date to qualify him to represent Team GB at Rio 2016.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Water was leaking into the boat, and a couple of boys grabbed cut-off plastic gallon jugs and started to bail.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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