shut in
Example Sentences
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The units, situated 5 to 9 miles from Santa Barbara County’s coastline, were shut-in after a corroded pipeline released nearly 3,000 barrels of oil in 2015.
But it was Fraser who went home with the SAG Award for his comeback performance as an obese shut-in in “The Whale.”
From Washington Times
"Absolute shut-in of deep wells in the area would cause a significant logistics issue to maintain oil and gas production in highly productive fields in New Mexico and West Texas," she said.
From Reuters
Gulf of Mexico, said Mars, Ursa, and Olympus platforms have been shut-in.
From Reuters
I am not a shut-in, I am not ill, and I could certainly stand to lose some extra weight.
From Washington Post
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