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Higher energy prices, due to conflict and the Strait of Hormuz closure, prompted an ECB official to signal a rate increase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Then came the Iran war and the essential closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Roach told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he did not want to see the businesses go dark, adding that 344 employees would lose their jobs following the closure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
As he reworked the novel, he said the arguments around the closure were all playing out and the characters reflected the complex viewpoints that emerged on both sides.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
With its formal closure thousands more workers joined the swelling army of the unemployed, and homeless men took up residence among the great abandoned palaces of the fair.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing closure
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Case Closed: Clud, Clus
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Common Core Grade 6, List 2
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