shut

Example Sentences

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While oil futures prices plunged on news of a cease-fire agreement, hundreds of tankers are in the wrong place and production remains shut.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"This could suggest that, to develop treatments for pancreatic cancer metastasis, the gene may not need to be entirely shut down to have a positive effect," says Feinberg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

“So we just shut down immediately. We didn’t contest anything.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

For nearly two days, the White House avoided press questions about the downed fighter jet, presumably to shut down any discussion of the rescue mission that was underway.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

But this was a hurt that no blanket could shut out, and suddenly I was afraid of what Father would say.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom