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as in closed
to come near or nearer
the eagle closed in on its prey
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Recent Examples of closed in
Many have closed in recent years amid economic headwinds.
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Mira Mesa Boulevard was closed in both directions between Flanders Drive and Genetic Center Drive while officers investigated.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Roads were closed in Hamilton and Butler counties in Southwest Ohio and Butler County crews carried out several high-water rescues.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
That operation closed in late 2015, when the company used up the last of the slag.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
That window closed in 2022 after Iran removed all of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s surveillance and monitoring under the deal and started enriching uranium to near-weapons levels and stockpiling sufficient amounts for several nuclear weapons.
—Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2026
Over the decades, the property went through a series of uses and transformations, including housing El Charrito, one of Denver’s oldest dive bars, which closed in 2018 after 56 years.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
Within seconds of Sunday’s opening faceoff, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk closed in on Canada defenseman Colton Parayko, and simultaneously leveled Parayko into the bench-side boards.
—Chris Kudialis, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
The restaurant closed in September 1995.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Mira Mesa Boulevard was closed in both directions between Flanders Drive and Genetic Center Drive while officers investigated.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Roads were closed in Hamilton and Butler counties in Southwest Ohio and Butler County crews carried out several high-water rescues.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2026
That operation closed in late 2015, when the company used up the last of the slag.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
That window closed in 2022 after Iran removed all of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s surveillance and monitoring under the deal and started enriching uranium to near-weapons levels and stockpiling sufficient amounts for several nuclear weapons.
—Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2026
Over the decades, the property went through a series of uses and transformations, including housing El Charrito, one of Denver’s oldest dive bars, which closed in 2018 after 56 years.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
Within seconds of Sunday’s opening faceoff, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk closed in on Canada defenseman Colton Parayko, and simultaneously leveled Parayko into the bench-side boards.
—Chris Kudialis, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
The restaurant closed in September 1995.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed in
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During the final stretch of 2025, Tien reached Beijing’s China Open final, captured his maiden tour title at Metz, France, and closed the season by winning the Next Gen ATP Finals (for top players 20-and-younger) — results that marked him as one of the tour’s fastest-rising young stars.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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United also prohibits voice or video calls once the boarding door is closed.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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The city largely shut down as residents and tourists ran for cover and plumes of smoke from fires darkened the Pacific vista.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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More importantly, the romance of the blockade seems to have darkened the German public’s opinion of the coal industry, hastening the nation’s green transition.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The country's internet was mostly blacked out by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the months leading up to the strikes, as reports of 20,000 people being killed by the regime over widespread protests against it.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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His picture in a hot tub with a woman with her face blacked out at an Epstein party was one of the photos released by the Department of Justice.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, broadcaster Sinclair approached Blackburn about helping figure out what to do with the network.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Amin Shouman, a resident of Abu Falah who witnessed the attack, told the Associated Press that dozens of Israeli settlers approached the village from the north and opened fire when they were confronted by a guard committee along the border of the village.—
Imad Isseid,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Islamic State’s tyranny drew on the cultural resources of the Middle East—Islam—while Assad’s tyranny drew upon a different but also uniquely Middle Eastern heritage, Arab nationalism.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.—
R. Alexander Bentley,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
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In due time the architect came up with an undulating single-story blob that people hated.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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Muzila came up with by himself.—
Thinus Ferreira,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Closed in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20in. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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