Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed shops
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To avoid a similar scene, Laurie suggests parents remove all personal items, know how their stroller folds before getting to the gate, and be prepared to do it quickly.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026 -
The pleats are made from multiple fabric folds and bunched together to create fullness.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Porter has also worked as a meteorological technical subject matter expert in for both government and commercial organizations around the world.—
Greg Porter,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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Volusia Valor Days returns for its third free annual event Saturday and Sunday with more than 40 working military vehicles, including tanks and artillery, living history displays, veterans’ organizations, first responders and more than 100 battlefield reenactors.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Some team owners and networks care about the potential drop in production value.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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These platforms must forge collaborative networks that mutually reinforce one another and establish a rigorous framework that makes the cultural values of the biennial format legible, tangible, and palpable to various segments of society in the immediate locale and across the continent.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Outside the courtroom, the case is already having an impact — especially in South Florida's immigrant communities.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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On this postcard-perfect corner of Canada’s northeastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador that’s slammed by wind and waves, cod-fishing communities hold on to their distinctive settler history.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The signing came at a busy travel time of the year, with spring breaks at school districts and colleges and the upcoming Passover and Easter holidays.—
John Raby,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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American colleges, including Georgetown, New York University and Northwestern, have campuses in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their parties became notorious even in my own cliques; my parents knew to expect at least a few dozen teenagers crashing their party, sucking down all the noodles, and sneaking beers in the canyon down below.—
Natasha Pickowicz,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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This graph had no cliques — clusters of nodes that are all connected to one another.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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In mid-July, armed groups affiliated with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri clashed with local Bedouin clans, spurring intervention by government forces who effectively sided with the Bedouins.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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For almost as long, these two clans have also been intimate friends (and relations) of the Pelosi family.—
James Reginato,
Vanity Fair,
5 Mar. 2026
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The new rings are here The Dodgers gave out World Series rings on Friday.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ken Clay, who won World Series rings with the New York Yankees following the first two of his five seasons in Major League Baseball, died March 26.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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