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The model developer has since shut off access to both systems to all customers to ensure compliance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The film is a distinctly modern rumination on the desire to shut off and watch the world go by, without forming an opinion on the horrors.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

But the balcony solar products now being sold will shut off if they sense that the grid is down or the home’s main power is off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To return to pre-conflict levels will take six months to year, or perhaps even longer, depending on what kind of damage occurred when wells were shut off, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Katz found a tap on an outside wall and turned it, but the water had been shut off.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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