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And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and SAG Awards.

But of course, the union was shut out of the process, according to spokesman George Atallah.

There were two-story brick buildings on both sides, with wooden stairways that shut out all but a thin blue strip of sky.

Tanaka then settled into a groove, pitching shut-out ball for the next five innings, fanning eight as the Yankees won 7-3.

In Europe today, walls are going up everywhere to keep the Roma, also known as ‘gypsies’, firmly shut out.

A tarpaulin stretched from wheel to wheel of the wagon shut out the driving rain that fled in sheets before the whooping wind.

Their dominion was an Utopia; and had it been possible to shut out every European and every wild Indian, it might have lasted.

My head sank to the table and my hands clasped my eyes to shut out the blackness.

Many thus unfortunately situated, from study and reading while so shut out from the world, become the most delightful companions.

It seemed to the poor child as if Mrs Mason's words were irrevocable, and, that being so, she was shut out from every house.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shut out, such as: bar, beleaguer, blockade, block out, close, and conceal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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