close the door on
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Bonta didn’t entirely close the door on mediation, which had been ordered by the judge in the antitrust case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The latest agreement does not close the door on AI, but it does introduce new protections.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
“It doesn’t close the door on the easing cycle, but it will be stop-start, and the timing of the next move may depend on an improvement in the inflation outlook.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Felix, which could be decided any day, may close the door on the postmortem reckoning, leaving the Constitution as a distant echo.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
They hurried to close the door on the real Mafalda; Harry and Ron threw the Invisibility Cloak over themselves but Hermione remained in view, waiting.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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