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Eventually, they were forced to shutter their business owing more than $34,000 on the borrowed $11,850.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Michalski used a slow shutter speed to photograph birds flying across a background of leafless birch trees.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The jail, which opened in 1932 and has counted John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman, rapper Tupac Shakur, and Sex Pistols musician Sid Vicious among its residents, was due to shutter by 2027.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
This would be a first for me: I had opened more than 15 restaurants across New York City and had yet to shutter a single one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He went to the window and opened the shutter, but as he looked out his eyes met those of Miss Annie, who was staring back at him from between the blinds of her shutters.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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The two of them live on-site in what looks like a family home straight out of a 1990s Disney film, a white colonial home with blue shutters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Century-old El Floridita is cloaked with metal shutters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
External shading, such as shutters, awnings or shades, can be even more effective because it stops some sunlight before it reaches the glass.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Being able to see the internal parts through its socket holes can be a sign it is unsafe - they should have safety shutters instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Seven and Thorn were crouched behind a rosebush near the Dimblewits’ estate—a large, garish house with green shutters and marble statues of the couple.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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A few stood near a closet-size replica of a 99 Cents Only store, an homage to the weeklong art takeover McGee staged at the shuttered Wilshire Boulevard retailer in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Reuters news agency reported luxury shops and boutiques were shuttered and surrounded by security guards at the Place Vendome in Paris.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
With the airport shuttered, Saudi Arabia has been forced to cancel or postpone high-profile events, including a star-studded tennis tournament.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Many of the theaters, cinemas and concert halls that once pumped life into the capital have shuttered or drastically reduced their offerings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
There was something about those closed doors and shuttered windows that struck coldly at me, used as I was to open fields and the sky and the unfettered sight of the sun.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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Yardan described a potential shuttering, even if temporary, as a "huge dent" in DC culture that could change the heart of the space.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The ride has been closed since shortly after the second incident, but on Tuesday park managers said they were shuttering it for good.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The group said that a consequence of the ban could be refineries shuttering in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tyson Foods is planning on shuttering a major beef processing plant and selling another, the latest moves by the meatpacking giant to pull back from the beleaguered beef business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Gideon leans back suddenly, his expression shuttering.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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