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Dire predictions that the closure of the strait would catapult oil prices above $150 a barrel haven’t come to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The timing of the abrupt closure of the courts drew criticism from legal and rights groups.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Barbican Conservatory is offering free plant cuttings to the public, ahead of its three-year closure for restoration in January.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
It relocated briefly to Berlin before its final closure in 1933.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Maybe if you hear how she’s doing, or see a picture of her, you’ll find some closure.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
At 4:30 p.m. there were road closures on Salter Road at Fox Street, and at Juniper Road and Ida Leona Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Council leader Stephen McCabe says a drip feed of closures has left the area facing a desperate jobs crisis, on top of years of deindustrialisation and depopulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The head of the IG Metall union on Friday sharply criticised management and promised to resist the factory closures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Elsewhere in D.C., the race required road closures and increased traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She made the torn edges kiss and held them together with the closures, then put a wide bandage over all of it.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Theatres are facing lower sales from the cost-of-living crisis only a year after most re-opened following closured prompted by Covid lockdowns.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022
Bad enough to have Members working off at public meetings speeches that had been closured in Commons.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
After another fight, the Government closured through an Appropriation Bill covering Supply for ten weeks, and the House was dissolved on 31st August, the election being fixed for 2nd October.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
A further list of closured stations Elicits further protestations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 by Various
"I've never met him," he answered, and closured my next question by jumping up and helping Mrs. Wylton out of the taxi.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna
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Common Core Grade 6, List 2
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