mothballed

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Other mothballed projects include a quarter-mile-tall, cube-shaped building big enough to hold 25 Empire State Buildings, the Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

After the gaffe, Ackman mothballed the IPO entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Vivergo Fuels, which was owned by Associated British Foods and produced bioethanol, closed and Ensus's plant was mothballed.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Taiwan is already “looking at restarting mothballed coal plants,” Knutson says.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

A boy’s cap hangs on the wall; at the back looms a massive wardrobe, mothballed shirts hung inside.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr