shut down
Example Sentences
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A federal court ordered LibGen to shut down in 2015 and academic publisher Elsevier received a $15 million judgment against the site in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
By most estimates, the pipeline was the conduit for about 3 million to 4 million barrels a day of crude before it shut down last week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Our school shut down amid protests and hostility.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
His election monitoring group, Golos, has shut down.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Eleven months and eleven days after it was first launched, Operation Gold shut down for good.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
