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shut down

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France’s TotalEnergies said a refinery complex jointly owned with Saudi Aramco was shut down after sustaining damage this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Labor union negotiations are scheduled over the weekend as efforts continue to prevent a Tuesday strike that would shut down all schools operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

French energy giant TotalEnergies said it had shut down a major refinery on the eastern Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia after it was damaged during the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

If you stop these proteins from binding to chromatin, you can shut down the machinery that activates cancer-driving genes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The line for the giveaway’s been shut down.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas