reopen
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The Agriculture Department said last month that it would reopen ports along the southern border to Mexican cattle that had been shut out because of concerns about spreading a flesh-eating parasite called New World screwworm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Germany will tap the September 2028 Schatz on Tuesday, while it will reopen May 2041- and August 2048-dated Bunds on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
However, it is now playing a role in negotiating with Iran to reopen the strait.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Oil prices dipped after Friday's one-percent gains, with the United States and Iran continuing to snipe at each other and showing no signs of reaching a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“When you reopen, I’ll put in a couple of hours for free.”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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It will again return to the Getty when it reopens, just in time for the 2028 L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
“I told René, ‘Why don’t we all go to Noma when it reopens?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
As the Strait reopens, the firm now estimates a 4.8 million bpd surplus for next year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Lourdes is mesmerized by the greenish water, by the sad, sputtering fountain, and a wound inside her reopens.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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In 2023, as soon as the China-Hong Kong border reopened after the pandemic she made her way to Hong Kong to find it.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
That agreement set out financial rewards for Tehran if it reopened the strait and entered serious negotiations on its nuclear program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
And the inquiry was reopened on Friday, according to the House of Commons website.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Karina Ferreira, manager of El Rey del Pescado, reopened the restaurant in the quake-battered region at the urging of the restaurant’s workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The borders had reopened, and he left the country on a "business trip" to Italy.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Washington has pursued its own efforts to secure the reopening.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Analysts at Eurasia Group said in a report that they expect a U.S.-Iran de-escalation in September, which would allow for a partial reopening of the strait.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Other businesses have been reopening outside the mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
There was also little major reaction to a report that Iran and Oman were in advanced talks on reopening Hormuz to some maritime shipping.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Virginia’s governor, Lindsay Almond capitulated in the fight over schools, reopening Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Front Royal schools in 1959 and inching toward integration: eighty-six black students in those districts now attended school with whites.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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