shut down
Example Sentences
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Multinational companies such as Magna, Dana and BorgWarner slashed jobs and closed plants due to the EV pullback, while a string of smaller manufacturers shut down altogether.
“They wouldn’t be invulnerable, but air bases are also very hard to shut down.”
That scenario would leave plenty of damage to Middle Eastern energy infrastructure and the Iranian regime potentially able to shut down local shipping in future.
From Barron's
On March 24, OpenAI announced it was shutting down Sora in a move that reportedly came as a surprise to Disney.
From Los Angeles Times
In Bangladesh, the government has shut universities, capped fuel purchases, and diverted natural gas away from industry, shutting down four of the five state-run fertilizer plants.
From Barron's
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