shut off
Example Sentences
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Residents in those areas were told to stay indoors, close vents and shut off air conditioning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
Anthropic shut off access to everyone to comply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 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
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
The hospital was a high-priority location, so it got the first water deliveries, and county jail, being a government facility, never had its water shut off like all the municipal water districts had.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
