mothball

Raman wants to mothball that program and use short-term rental vouchers she claims will be far less expensive and more effective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, the metal’s prices could be supported by supply concerns after miner South32 disclosed plans to mothball its smelter in Mozambique, according to the analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

David Chapman, executive director of UK Hospitality Cymru, said having to mothball rooms wasn't uncommon.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024

At Pascagoula Hospital, the city’s only acute-care health facility, a wave of departures has left 80 unfilled openings for registered nurses, forcing administrators to mothball a third of its beds.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022

For example, many combat ships are being returned to active duty from the "mothball fleet" and many others can be put into service on very short notice.

From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman

He suggested that Johnson use some well-known methods to get the bear to leave: mothballs, ammonia-soaked towels, bear spray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

A new sofa with firm cushions and pristine fabric outshines an old, dusty, worn-in couch that smells like mothballs.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022

Growing up, restaurateur Andy Kalish associated two smells with Friday nights: his grandmother's chicken soup and mothballs in his grandfather's closet.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022

Meanwhile, mechanics will take the aircraft that have been grounded nearly two years out of mothballs — making sure all the moving parts are lubricated and functioning correctly.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2020

The Commander, instead, smells of mothballs, or is this odor some punitive form of aftershave?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Bishops opposed lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 14, while the Catholic charity Caritas proposes legislation to revive mothballed public works projects in poor neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

When the Toreros needed cold-weather clothing for a game at Dayton, Harbaugh cajoled the Chargers, where he spent part of his playing career, into donating some of their mothballed gear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The war could make it easier for Takaichi to reopen mothballed nuclear plants that were supplying 30% of the country’s electricity before the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Last spring, Neom mothballed the island, while staff at numerous fancy restaurants loaded Baccarat crystal glasses and blue crocodile-skin chairs into storage, former employees said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

British chemical maker Ineos said last year it planned to shut two plants in Germany, after closing plants in the U.K. and Belgium and mothballing facilities in France and Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Goldman Sachs raised its second-quarter Brent crude forecast by $10 to $76 a barrel, as Iraq began mothballing some oil production.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

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 ● Oct. 9, 2025

It was "in this context" Asos announced it was mothballing its warehouse in Lichfield - meaning it won't immediately be sold, but will not be used.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023

“In some cases, it may be necessary to re-examine the timeframe and the process of decommissioning or mothballing of coal-fired power stations temporarily to address our electricity supply shortfall,” Ramaphosa wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023