shutting down

Example Sentences

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Last week, Canada's Blue Diamond Resorts announced it was shutting down its 62 properties in Cuba.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Questions were being asked about Knight, too, despite Edwards shutting down those concerns, but with such statement performances from both batters, opener Sophia Dunkley is now in the spotlight.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Hours later, he joined activists outside the Garden Grove City Council chambers to demand that the city deny GKN Aerospace an expansion permit and look into shutting down the 15.5-acre facility altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"If we can interfere with MYC's role in DNA repair -- without shutting down everything MYC does in healthy cells -- we may be able to make cancer cells more vulnerable to treatment."

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

All my hopes for shutting down Hominy Ridge School were dashed.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck