shelved

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Shelved during the pandemic, the album finally dropped in November 2021.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2023

Shelved by Blue Note after it had already pressed advance promotional copies, the forward-thinking funk-pop record languished unheard.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2017

The Amnesty study - titled "Bahrain: Reform Shelved, Repression Unleashed" - argues that the human rights situation in the Gulf island kingdom has deteriorated "markedly".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2012

Shelved when oil prices plunged during the financial crisis, the project would carry oil to refineries on the U.S.

From Reuters • May 11, 2011

Shelved quilting-frames; the toolchest; the old box Of refuse nails and screws; a rough gun-stock's Outline in "curly maple"; and a pair Of clamps and old krout-cutter hanging there.

From A Child-World by Riley, James Whitcomb