shutting

Example Sentences

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Last week, Canada's Blue Diamond Resorts announced it was shutting down its 62 properties in Cuba.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

But the document shows how despite raising the concerns, executives argued shutting the system down would simply lead to "a significant number of new illegal connections" being installed elsewhere.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Questions were being asked about Knight, too, despite Edwards shutting down those concerns, but with such statement performances from both batters, opener Sophia Dunkley is now in the spotlight.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"But you can't leave a scene mid-way... if it is an action scene where fighters are involved, anything can happen... it is not like shutting a laptop and working for an IT company."

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“This is all my fault. All of it. Taking the twenty. The wedding video. My dad shutting down our account. Freebie getting hit.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty