mothball
Example Sentences
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The Navy last year mothballed 17 supply ships because there weren’t enough commercial crews to run them.
Signaling a shift in priorities, Trott has already mothballed the Serbian project.
A growing number of steel plants in the country are being mothballed: a quarter were temporarily shuttered in 2024, according to the Agora Industrie think tank.
From Barron's
And it would vindicate the Dodgers’ strategy of all but mothballing an elite starting pitcher for almost three weeks and then handing him the ball and asking him to win them the division series.
From Los Angeles Times
That plant has been mothballed awaiting new contracts, amid uncertainty over the finances and viability of its owner.
From BBC
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