shuts off
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To prevent overuse, it automatically shuts off after 20 minutes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
It shuts off the valve at the top of the stream and opens a valve at the bottom to completely drain the standing water out of the pipe.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
“What’s key about 6.5% is it essentially shuts off the refi wave,” said Scott Buchta, head of fixed-income strategy at Brean Capital.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
“No country in the Western Hemisphere has ever suffered a blockade that shuts off its primary source of export revenue,” said Francisco Rodriguez, a Venezuelan economist at the University of Denver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
And when we’ve covered the entire ceiling, Russ shuts off the lights.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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