shut down

Example Sentences

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Unified students will need childcare, meals for their children and other resources if three unions go on a massive strike and shut down schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

France’s TotalEnergies said a refinery complex jointly owned with Saudi Aramco was shut down after sustaining damage this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

French energy giant TotalEnergies said it had shut down a major refinery on the eastern Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia after it was damaged during the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

If you stop these proteins from binding to chromatin, you can shut down the machinery that activates cancer-driving genes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

She swore she’d programmed each and every one of us the same way, to shut down when some child made it through the maze and answered the Model 82958s’ question correctly.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix