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In California, state leaders once attempted to shut down privately run detention centers and, after losing, resorted instead to proposing other oversight measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Security Council straw poll was devised in the early 1980s in an attempt to break a deadlock between two candidates shut down by vetoes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
He heard the garage door shut, followed by the roar of a car exhaust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
They had been out with friends last Thursday but when they returned home their road had been shut by firefighters.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But this was a hurt that no blanket could shut out, and suddenly I was afraid of what Father would say.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
On Nyepi, the island's airport shuts down and internet access is cut.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Production can be detected within just a few hours after an injury, but it shuts down again after roughly three days.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
"And what if the Yaroslavl refinery shuts down for good?" asked Dmitry, visibly annoyed as he filled up his Lexus after a 15-minute wait at a petrol station in eastern Moscow.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“If that hospital shuts down in our community, it’s going to be devastating,” he said, noting that the next closest emergency department is St. Francis Medical Center, several miles away in Lynwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
If you keep losing heat, the brain shuts down blood circulation over a larger and larger area of your skin.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The new job cuts, detailed in a filing in Washington state, don’t involve shutting down cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bernard Matthews Foods has confirmed it will be shutting its processing facility on Shaftesbury Street South by the end of 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Median didn’t respond until Monday, first saying it was shutting down its polling operation, then admitting to The Times that the poll was faked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
After shutting down his coffee stand for two weeks because of the fire, Brew Sting has reopened - but the demand hasn't been the same.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Oh, no, baby,” she said, shutting the door quickly.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
