reopen
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County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors did not provide an estimate for when the facilities would reopen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
China's state-run Xinhua news agency said Tuesday that emergency workers were trying to find survivors and working to reopen a major highway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Oil prices edged down but remain in danger of spiking further as investors await a breakthrough in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo traffic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The new 30-year JGB will reopen the July 2026 issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“After the wedding Hizdahr will be -king. Let him reopen the fighting pits if he wishes. I want no part of it.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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The bakery said: "Every shop that reopens means jobs restored, a unit back in use and footfall returning to the high street, which we believe serves everyone's interests: ours, theirs and the wider local economy's."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“However, even if the strait reopens, shipping companies will require a sustained period of calm before making the journey through the key waterway.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A prolonged Hormuz blockade keeps the pressure on nitrogen; a normalization scenario reopens room for the phosphate names; and diversified potash exposure sits somewhere in the middle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The move reopens a fight that has raged for a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
She reopens the book, flipping past the Black Book entry until she lands on a new page:
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Kim accelerated Bally’s expansion during the pandemic after seeing business surge when casinos in Mississippi reopened in May 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The club are also targeting a right-back, with talks over a move for Fulham's Kenny Tete reopened after he came close to joining last summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Local people were going about their business and shops shut on Saturday had reopened, as had Niamey's main market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Seven years later the last dense growth of the prickly pear had been destroyed and the once uninhabitable areas reopened to settlement and grazing.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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No reopening time has been set, according to Stevens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Black Bridge and Silver Bridge crossing the Colorado River are also closed until further notice with no estimated reopening date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The fire happened on 9 July, with Princes Street's reopening coming two days before the last day of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sarah Boyd, chief executive for Lothian and Edinburgh Trams, said the reopening was "encouraging" but urged passengers to check for the latest information before setting out on their journey.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The man stumbled backward until his back hit the wall next to the reopening ramp door.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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