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cordons (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of cordon (off)

as in fences (in)

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closes in

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Over one night they’re blamed, hunted, and driven apart by their differing belief systems, while the killer, Jacob (James Van Der Beek), the community’s charismatic pastor and de facto patriarch, closes in.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Food and liquid must move from the mouth to the stomach while the airway closes in a fraction of a second to keep material out of the lungs.

— Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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