shutting
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The El Niño has also affected transit, temporarily shutting down the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner along the San Clemente coastline last month during high tides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Instead, she says, it feels like her entire body "is shutting down; it feels like you are a few days from death".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Insha Rahman, president of Vera, said both the Covid-19 pandemic and the previous administration of mayor Eric Adams produced delays in shutting down Rikers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Instead of simply shutting down a cancer-promoting protein, the scientists designed a small molecule that connects it to another protein capable of activating the cell's built-in death program.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The realms were shutting with one final burst of power.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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