shut down

Example Sentences

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Already, the blockade has choked off oil export revenue and raised the risk that Iran will have to shut down wells as it runs out of places to store crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But as the justices explained, Pitchford’s lawyer had tried to raise it; the trial judge had simply shut down the lawyer after he attempted to bring up the point.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

A drug designed to shut down fat production inside the liver could become a major new weapon against one of the world's fastest-growing liver diseases.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

On the day of his arrest, the Cambodia Daily published its last ever newspaper as it was shut down amid a crackdown on independent media.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

My higher brain functions have mostly shut down.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman