shutter
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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
The LNG crunch threatens wealthy nations with a prolonged wave of energy-driven inflation, while simultaneously forcing fragile emerging economies to ration fuel and shutter factory floors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Just before Werner closes the shutter, a single airplane comes through the dusk.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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