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reopen

[ree-oh-puhn] / riˈoʊ pən /


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Yosemite National Park is open and operating normally except for Glacier Point Road, which is closed because of smoke and will reopen when conditions permit, according to InciWeb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said the situation around the town had calmed down in the last two days and there were indications the airport, which was still being used by the military, might reopen on Thursday.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“While monetary policy cannot move ships or reopen pipelines and refineries, it can diminish the risk that these supply shocks spill over into broader and more persistent inflation,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Brent oil increased as Iran said it would not soften its conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump rejected its proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mayor Nagin, who had planned to reopen the city, now canceled those plans.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The scandal is expected to dominate the agenda in parliament, which reopens on Thursday afternoon.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

As Princes Street reopens to all traffic, a section of the pavement directly outside the burnt-out building will remain closed while work continues.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

It will again return to the Getty when it reopens, just in time for the 2028 L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Noma’s dining room reopens in Copenhagen on Aug. 5 under new leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Lourdes is mesmerized by the greenish water, by the sad, sputtering fountain, and a wound inside her reopens.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

It recently reopened after the woman filed a civil lawsuit last month that thrust the allegations into the national spotlight.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

New York prosecutors reopened an investigation this week after she filed a recent civil suit, which accused the university of failing to protect her after she reported the incident to campus police at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has reopened the case, arguing that this new lawsuit presents evidence he didn’t have when he initially made the decision to not charge the accused.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The commission, composed of several ministers, said the mine should be reopened to help finance an orderly closure that could take years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ella started to ask where she was headed, but the thousands of tiny doors of the Stariary reopened and a flurry of letters shot out, drowning her voice.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

This week, his office announced it would be reopening the case - less than two weeks after Doe filed her civil lawsuit.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company has temporarily suspended the legal proceedings pending a final government decision on its reopening.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Front-month crude-oil futures settled trading up 0.2% to $92.60 a barrel, pressured by the reopening of the East-West pipeline by Saudi Arabia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The firm expects freight-market tightness to persist and sees the reopening of Hormuz as a gradual and uneven process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mama and Baba would be cured, and we could get back to reopening the deli.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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