cut off
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A few years ago his house was cut off during a "very cold" February and the family was without power for two days.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
This cut off and protected the ridge’s southern tip.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Freire, who was filming the attempt to get Mr. Waltz’s microphone cut off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
"If you can be arbitrarily, at any moment, cut off from the American market, then it makes sense to have as much in your back pocket as you can," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
A couple of times, the drivers came back to the church saying that they were cut off and there was no alternate route to the site.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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Agathe Chateau Frilloux sprinted down a long road parallel to the Champs Elysee, her daughter and son running close behind, only just making it to their designated gate before the set cut-off time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
On schist foundations, cautious engineers knew to build in safety features like a series of cut-off trenches and drainage pipes — a step Mulholland had neglected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
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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