shut off
Example Sentences
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An extended shut-off of jet fuel and diesel from the Middle East into the global market could pit the fuel-poor U.S. coasts against Europe and Asia for supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
America’s workplaces have been getting safer for more than a century now—cleaner, fewer fire risks, auto shut-off switches on tools, and even eye goggles and steel-toed boots.
From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025
Portuguese Bend resident Mike Hong said Saturday that he’d only learned of the impending shut-off an hour earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2024
Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t work.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
It keeps talking, like a boat motor with no shut-off valve, saying more stuff I want him to know, even though most of me knows he doesn’t care.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
