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Example Sentences

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In TV land, “The White Lotus” dominated with six nominations after nearly being shut out at September’s Emmy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times

On Wednesday, they learned they would soon be out of work again, as the newspaper’s owner announced the Post-Gazette will be shutting down later this year.

From MarketWatch

Britain saw temperatures plunging with hundreds of schools shutting their doors for a third day Scotland, where the authorities warned some rural communities could be "cut off" by snow.

From Barron's

Japan ordered all its nuclear power plant reactors to be shut down in 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake and massive tsunami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

From BBC

Schools in Aberdeenshire, Moray and Aberdeen will be shut on Wednesday, as well as around 65 schools in the Highlands where it is the first day of the new term.

From BBC