as in shut
to stop the operations of
the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s
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After all, a bit more than a decade later, hostilities would explode anew in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, during which Nasser shut the canal again.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026 -
The Nets responded with a 10-0 run to slam the door shut.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Chinyelu closed his breakout season with a zero-point, one-rebound, four-foul performance against Iowa.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Michigan Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that the southbound I-75 ramp onto westbound I-696 will be closed for multiple months beginning in early April.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Closed (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20%28down%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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