shut off
Example Sentences
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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
In Communion, Doyle has combined those events with a fictional version of the industrial action which occurred after Tata's announcement that it planned to shut off the blast furnaces.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
We beat the dungeon mere seconds before Lorren’s mom ordered her to get off the game or she’d shut off the electricity in the whole house.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
