shutdown
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The shutdown brought that trajectory to a sudden end; average attendance fell by 20% in 1995, meaning 20 million fans had disappeared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
At Hungary’s Paks plant, which generates about 40% of the country’s electricity, water shortages have put the facility on the threshold of a shutdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The findings suggest that antineutrino detectors could eventually provide useful information not only while reactors are operating, but also during maintenance and after shutdown.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Romania also has huge hydropower capacity, although that has been heavily cut by the same low river levels that caused the nuclear shutdown.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s almost two a.m., and I could talk to him until my body forces a shutdown on me like an overheated laptop.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
"The cell phone data we used was made available to researchers during the pandemic to help reveal the impacts of COVID-19 shutdowns," said co-lead author Scott Yanco, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
India ranked second worldwide in internet shutdowns last year, according to Access Now monitor, including localised blackouts during protests, conflict and communal violence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
In his nearly three decades at Apple, Tim Cook completely revolutionized the company’s supply chain and guided the company through tariffs, pandemic shutdowns and other obstacles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
When hotel- and sales-tax revenue began imploding weeks later due to pandemic shutdowns, city leaders laid off more than 400 municipal employees, roughly 20% of its workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As a result, the economy has been officially reported to suffer enormous losses through production shutdowns, substitutions of materials that lower quality and increase costs, and hoarding of scarce materials.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
