shutter
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CBS claimed the move to shutter the “Late Show” was “purely a financial decision.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The burger giant is the latest fast-food chain to shutter locations as the industry struggles with rising labor and real estate costs in the state.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
There was just the constant shutter of photographs being taken.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
"I would say they were a millisecond, like the fastest a camera shutter can open and close," added Wiseman, who said the flashes were "white to bluish white."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
In the morning I woke up sore and disoriented to the sound of a loose shutter banging somewhere.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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