steek

chiefly Scottish
as in to shut
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again

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  • The country’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday after being shut for 24 hours because of the violence, spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Gyanendra Bhul, told CNN.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The foundation will shut its doors in 2045, the year Gates will turn 90.
    Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The Robco Transmission & Auto shop was closed at the time of the crash.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But major indexes closed higher Monday, despite news of a weaker-than-expected jobs market in August.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • And a quartet of at-large Democrats appeared to lock down their spots representing the party on the November ballot.
    Mary Ramsey Updated September 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Proposition 50 would lock that same culture into our election maps, giving politicians the power to protect themselves and their allies instead of voters.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Steek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steek. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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