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shut down

verb as in close up

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An investigation into allegations that Sheffield Hallam University faced sustained pressure from China to shut down human rights research has been referred to counter-terrorism police.

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While individual US states administer the benefits, the programme relies on money from the federal government, which has been unfunded and shut down since 1 October.

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A federal judge has officially shut down Justin Baldoni’s $400-million countersuit against Blake Lively — the latest development in a long and bitter legal feud that has shadowed their movie “It Ends With Us.”

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They are fighting to rescind the order and shut down the plant for good.

A spokeswoman for Stellantis said Canada remains an integral part of the company’s North American operations, adding it has neither shut down the Brampton factory nor cut jobs at the plant.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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