shutdown

Example Sentences

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And it wasn’t just USAID’s 10,000 workers who were lost in the shutdown.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Only now is the government getting a better grip on actual price trends in rents and homeownership because of technical problems caused by the shutdown.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

No fuel resulted in engine shutdown, causing a loss of power and lift.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That is how an Iranian said it felt to be reconnected to the internet, after their government ended what a monitoring group called the longest nationwide shutdown in modern history.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Before long a group of White families sued the state because Colored children weren’t the only ones being hurt by the shutdown; children in all-White schools were being harmed as well.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson