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The dense forests of Kentucky and Ohio shut down upon either hand, and not a sign of civilization met the eye.
THE FRONTIER ANGELEDWARD S. ELLIS
Then he peered a few minutes at the needle; then he shut down the glass slide, and watched it through the glass.
NELLY'S SILVER MINEHELEN HUNT JACKSON
They say this year Keys is going to shut down on the sporting life and swipe some of the Bones type.
STOVER AT YALEOWEN JOHNSON
He did not know what was going to be shut down, or what there was to be shut down.
TRAPPED BY MALAYSGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
He was days nerving himself to make the call; but there was no alternative—it was either that or shut down.
THE MAN FROM THE BITTER ROOTSCAROLINE LOCKHART
But when a fellow's heart is chock-full, it's hard to shut down on it sometimes.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 16, NO. 95, SEPTEMBER 1865VARIOUS
Mre Lunde shut down the cover of the box that held her beads, and picked up the end of her stout apron.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD ST. LOUISAMANDA MINNIE DOUGLAS
Another evening came, and another night shut down over the great prison.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME VII, ISSUE 40, APRIL, 1894VARIOUS
The wash house where the work used to be done had shut down.
PARIS VISTASHELEN DAVENPORT GIBBONS
We shut down work about one o'clock at the upper end of the mill.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE RAILROAD RIOTS IN JULY, 1877VARIOUS

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