shut

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It took legal action to take down 13 of the company’s business domains and shut down dozens of servers Ipidea used to run its residential proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

National Highways reported the road had been shut between junctions 10 and 11 at about 07:45 BST.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

ChatGPT maker OpenAI recently said it would shut down its AI video generation app Sora, barely six months after its launch, in a shift towards business tools.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Its key patron, China, gets less than 2 millions barrels a day from Tehran—and 9 million from other Gulf countries currently shut in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I slam it shut and collapse onto my bed.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison