shut out

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After proving herself wrong, she has gone on to write a book partly about her experiences entitled My Body is a Meadow, about reclaiming the natural world for all who feel shut out from it.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

While you’ve been shut out, they have made aircraft carrier-loads of money, and that’s just wrong.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Yet the doc has been shut out of film festivals and distribution so far; South by Southwest and Sundance rejections are stamped on a promotional flier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The war has also left airlines largely shut out of critical airspace corridors in the Middle East that offer the quickest connections between Europe and Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I tried to cover my head with a pillow to shut out the sound.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls