shutdown
Example Sentences
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Senators are sounding hopeful about a funding plan to end the partial government shutdown causing long waits at airports.
From MarketWatch
Passengers have downloaded the Clear app 289,000 times since the beginning of March, when a partial government shutdown started to feel real at airports.
The shutdown marks the end of one of the most high-profile consumer AI product launches of the past year.
From Barron's
Republican senators presented Democrats with their most promising deal yet on Tuesday to end the 38-day partial government shutdown that has left the security agents without pay.
From Barron's
"My employer has offered food and shelter, but I do not know what will happen if the shutdown continues indefinitely," says Bhumi Kumar, another migrant worker employed at a factory which makes tiles.
From BBC
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