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Before the war the Strait was a free-flowing international waterway, even if Iran could always have shut it down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, meanwhile, said reports that Iran had shut down the strait were “false.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

This forced many small restaurants to trim their menus or temporarily shut down as they could not afford commercial gas cylinders.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

"This could suggest that, to develop treatments for pancreatic cancer metastasis, the gene may not need to be entirely shut down to have a positive effect," says Feinberg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

I squeeze my eyes shut and count and breathe, count and breathe, before I grab my phone and head out the door.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam