shelve
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Walsh told the jury it was human nature to "box" or "shelve" feelings away – and that was what Complainant A and B had done over the years.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Freight rates could also be more volatile with shipping carriers expected to shelve their plans to return selected east-west services to Suez Canal transits, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Former contestants of a now-axed BBC LGBTQ+ dating show say they feel "frustrated" and "sad" at the decision to shelve the programme.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Two years after a newborn baby was found abandoned on a freezing winter's night, London police look set to shelve their investigation despite having discovered that she is the sibling of two other foundlings.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
“Sir, I know you’re a very important, very busy man, so I just have one quick question: If I were a book on true crimes in the state of Ohio, where would you shelve me?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
During the protests, the mullahs shelved their traditional playbook of targeted violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s clearly vying to be shelved alongside the sententious Stoic self-help books that have become trendy among seekers of meme-able ancient wisdom in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
When I completed my postgraduate studies in the late 1990s, I shelved my doctoral finance thesis in a dusty library.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The deal, signed last year, has now been shelved by the UK after the US failed to formally confirm its approval earlier this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
So would it be shelved with sports books, biographies, or children’s books?
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Teeming documents charting the rich subsoil of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo fill nearly 500 metres of shelving at the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren, outside the Belgian capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The primary suite is completed by two huge walk-in closets, one of which is complete with a built-in vanity, while both feature light-up shelving.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The small kitchen retains its midcentury charm, but open shelving above the counter provides an airier, more contemporary cupboard to show off Miranda-Martin’s dish and glassware collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
New Jersey Assemblyman Chigozie Onyema is a sponsor of the state’s proposed surveillance pricing ban that also places a moratorium on electronic shelving labels.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
There they found a shelving shore, and they drew the boat out, high above the water, and hid it as well as they could behind a great boulder.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
