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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed shops
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Versace’s strapless, knee-length satin dress is precisely draped, its folds echoing the movement of water.—
Sarah Zendejas,
Vogue,
10 June 2026 -
Freud’s unflinching depiction of her naked body—a Baroque topography of colliding, dramatically shadowed folds—reportedly took longer to embrace.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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The United States is hosting the World Cup for the first time in more than 30 years, and organizations and businesses in Metro Detroit are making sure sports fans have a place to watch the competition.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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When benefits aren't visibly embedded into workplace norms, organizations risk low utilization and, over time, higher employee burnout.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Across movie studios, television networks and content production firms, AI creators CNBC spoke to mentioned using a wide variety of generative AI tools, with Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Kling, MiniMax, Seedance and Google’s AI Studio being frequently mentioned.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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The panel’s antitrust subcommittee considered whether the professional football league overstretched its antitrust exemption under the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 by pooling the television rights for all 32 teams into a package that is then sold to various cable networks and streaming services.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
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Those raw emotions and moments of shared experience, which can be so hard to find in a fractured society, will be replicated all over the world in the coming weeks, bring families, communities and entire nations together, uniting them in hope, joy and, of course, despair.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Those benefits extend beyond individual families to employers, communities and the broader economy.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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While area colleges such as Rutgers and Seton Hall showed interest, Alvarado instead committed in September 2016 to Georgia Tech, whose coach, Josh Pastner, displayed faith in Alvarado despite doubts from others.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Sorsby, who is already a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the NCAA and a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the University of Cincinnati, could become a party or key witness in other litigation that ensnares colleges, a conference, the NCAA and even the State of Texas.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 June 2026
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Under Meza, player cliques developed, stars were pampered, discipline waned.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Prosecutors said the killings were tied to Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a transnational gang that maintains a presence in Los Angeles through smaller groups, or cliques, including in the San Fernando Valley and around MacArthur Park.—
Sydney Barragan,
Daily News,
6 June 2026
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The event consists of live music, competition events such as highland dancing and sheepdog trials, food vendors and educational classes on what Scottish clans are.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Publishers Coolabi Group and Chinese online giant Tencent Video have greenlit the series, adapted from Erin Hunter’s novels about battling clans of feral cats, which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Marine welders handle massive, oddly shaped, and heavy components such as deepwater jacket strengthening rings and module nodes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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On Sunday, June 14, the rapper, 54, shared a throwback Instagram video of himself gifting Broadus, also known as Boss Lady, with three rings at her 50th birthday party last November, per Complex.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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“Closed shops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closed%20shops. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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