cut-off

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Federal investigators alerted Swalwell to their concerns — and briefed Congress — about Fang in 2015, at which point the California Democrat says he cut off contact with her, the AP reported in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entrance to the Gulf, has cut off roughly 20% of world oil supplies and sent global financial markets into a spin.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Once Starlink was cut off, however, Ukrainian troops noticed a dramatic drop in the number of drones coming after them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Doing so could, in theory, cut off the nation's oil shipments, depriving the nation of much-needed revenue and forcing it to make greater concessions to the Americans in exchange for an end to hostilities.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

For the rest of lunch, I wait for Principal Trask to come over to the overhang lunch area and cut off armbands from everyone who’s still wearing them, but she doesn’t.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée