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Those close to him believe he would be fine with having a vote on another package before they leave town, even if it’s smaller than the plan Pelosi wants.
TRUMP MOVES CLOSER TO PELOSI IN ECONOMIC AID TALKS, AND HOUSE SPEAKER MUST DECIDE NEXT MOVERACHAEL BADE, ERICA WERNERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe Bedminster club temporarily closed down operations on March 17, after Murphy imposed new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings because of the pandemic.
TRUMP’S BUSINESSES CHARGED SECRET SERVICE MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION, INCLUDING FOR ROOMS IN CLUB SHUTTERED FOR PANDEMICDAVID FAHRENTHOLD, JOSH DAWSEYSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe results were closer among Republicans, 41 percent of whom said the theory didn’t hurt the country and 50 percent of whom said it did.
TRUMP CONTRADICTS CDC DIRECTOR ON VACCINE; BIDEN SAYS AMERICANS SHOULDN’T TRUST TRUMPCOLBY ITKOWITZ, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIf I didn’t close it, I think you’d have 2 million deaths instead of having the 185,000 — 190,000.
THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP’S ‘HERD MENTALITY’ LINE ISN’T THE VERBAL FLUB. IT’S THE MASS DEATH.PHILIP BUMPSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAlong with the entire automaker sector, Honda’s business felt the hit from the coronavirus crisis early on as global lockdowns caused factories to close and kept consumers away from dealerships.
‘A CREDIBLE VOICE’: WHY HONDA IS DOUBLING DOWN ON ESPORTSLARA O'REILLYSEPTEMBER 16, 2020DIGIDAYI think what I did by closing up the country, I think I saved two, maybe two and a half, maybe more than that, lives.
TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe military budget had declined in recent years, as a result of decreases in funding for Overseas Contingency Operations as both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan came to a close, not because it has been so gravely depleted.
TRUMP’S ABC NEWS TOWN HALL: FOUR PINOCCHIOS, OVER AND OVER AGAINGLENN KESSLERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThis would have the effect of closing down the plants, the trade group warned, because they were already short-staffed and testing could cause fear among the remaining workers.
EMAILS SHOW THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY DRAFTED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP PLANTS OPENBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGSEPTEMBER 14, 2020PROPUBLICAUnless things change in the fall, Patel figures he might have to close by December.
THE BIG CORPORATE RESCUE AND THE AMERICA THAT’S TOO SMALL TO SAVEBY LYDIA DEPILLIS, JUSTIN ELLIOTT AND PAUL KIELSEPTEMBER 12, 2020PROPUBLICASections of many major highways in the Northwest have been closed by fire at some point in the past week.
OUR CLIMATE-CHANGE FUTURE IS HEREHEATHER HANSMANSEPTEMBER 11, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWORDS RELATED TO CLOSE
- abolish
- abort
- accomplish
- achieve
- break off
- break up
- call it a day
- call off
- cease
- close
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- complete
- conclude
- consummate
- crown
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- delay
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- dispose of
- dissolve
- drop
- expire
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- pack it in
- perorate
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- pull the plug
- put the lid on
- quit
- relinquish
- resolve
- settle
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- top off
- ultimate
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- wrap
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- absolute
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- card-carrying
- certain
- circumstantial
- close
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- descriptive
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- faithful
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- objective
- on the level
- positive
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- straight from horse's mouth
- sure
- sure-enough
- true
- true to life
- unadorned
- unbiased
- undoubted
- unquestionable
- valid
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- be cleaned out
- be in arrears
- be ruined
- be taken to the cleaners
- become insolvent
- break
- close
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- close one's doors
- crash
- defalcate
- default
- dishonor
- drop
- drop a bundle
- end
- finish
- fold
- go bankrupt
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- go broke
- go bust
- go into Chapter 11
- go out of business
- go to the wall
- go under
- go up
- lose big
- lose one's shirt
- overdraw
- repudiate
- terminate
- be cleans out
- be ruins
- be takes to the cleaners
- becomes insolvent
- breaks
- close one's doors
- closes
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- crashes
- defalcates
- defaults
- dishonors
- drops
- drops a bundle
- ends
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- folds
- goes bankrupt
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- goes breaks
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- goes into Chapter 11
- goes out of business
- goes to the wall
- goes under
- goes up
- is in arrears
- loses big
- loses one's shirt
- overdraws
- repudiates
- terminates
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