shutdown
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The shutdown had to happen because the buildings had become leaky and rusty and needed a complete overhaul.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Plus, SpaceX needs to investigate the root cause of the early shutdown of one of Starship’s Raptor vacuum engines, he wrote in a client note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fox’s own Washington bureau chief, Bryan Boughton, who happened to be chairing the pool this week, sent the note announcing the shutdown.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In addition, it includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the nighttime shutdown period to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, if other platforms also commit to do the same.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
With all the county’s water mains on emergency shutdown, and endless glitches in the computers trying to redirect what water is left, he’s been transporting water manually to high-priority facilities.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Taylor revealed on Disney’s “Get Real” podcast that the show would address the fallout from the production shutdowns: “It’s no secret that MomTok has been going through some drama this year,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Concluding that the government-imposed shutdowns wouldn’t suppress demand for long, he went on a buying spree while much of the industry retrenched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"The cell phone data we used was made available to researchers during the pandemic to help reveal the impacts of COVID-19 shutdowns," said co-lead author Scott Yanco, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Outside the Gravelines plant, the largest in Western Europe, the shutdowns or production reductions affecting other reactors are linked to extreme heat and droughts, depriving the plants of the water they need for cooling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
As a result, the economy has been officially reported to suffer enormous losses through production shutdowns, substitutions of materials that lower quality and increase costs, and hoarding of scarce materials.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
