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Recent Examples of shut-in
The official added that Iran is facing immediate logistical constraints, warning that storage capacity at Kharg Island — the country’s main oil export terminal — could be filled within days if exports remain blocked, potentially forcing production shut-ins.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
But those projections rest on several assumptions, including that shut-in oil production will peak in early April and transit through the Strait of Hormuz will improve.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 Mar. 2026
An abrupt shut-in causes fines migration — when tiny particles of rock and clay within the porous materials become dislodged, settle, and severely plug the pore throats near the wellbore.
—Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
According to Wood Mackenzie’s calculations, across the four countries, about nine million barrels of oil a day have now been shut-in, which is more than eight per cent of the prewar total.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026
Her brother, Casey (Spike Fearn), is an agoraphobic shut-in failing to confront his mounting mental-health crises.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
That means overcoming Ella’s hostility and bridging the divide with her uncommunicative kid brother Casey (Spike Fearn), an MIT graduate who has become an agoraphobic shut-in since his breakup with beloved girlfriend Susan (Ayo Edebiri).
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Just as shut-in was the driver of a big Chevrolet Suburban, except that its 28% near-view in 2023 had not shrunk quite as much from the mere 56% view available to drivers of the body shape launched in 2000, the earliest tested.
—Ian Baker
august 21, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
But those projections rest on several assumptions, including that shut-in oil production will peak in early April and transit through the Strait of Hormuz will improve.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 31 Mar. 2026
An abrupt shut-in causes fines migration — when tiny particles of rock and clay within the porous materials become dislodged, settle, and severely plug the pore throats near the wellbore.
—Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
According to Wood Mackenzie’s calculations, across the four countries, about nine million barrels of oil a day have now been shut-in, which is more than eight per cent of the prewar total.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026
Her brother, Casey (Spike Fearn), is an agoraphobic shut-in failing to confront his mounting mental-health crises.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
That means overcoming Ella’s hostility and bridging the divide with her uncommunicative kid brother Casey (Spike Fearn), an MIT graduate who has become an agoraphobic shut-in since his breakup with beloved girlfriend Susan (Ayo Edebiri).
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Just as shut-in was the driver of a big Chevrolet Suburban, except that its 28% near-view in 2023 had not shrunk quite as much from the mere 56% view available to drivers of the body shape launched in 2000, the earliest tested.
—Ian Baker
august 21, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut-in
Noun
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In Running Point, Romano plays Norm Stinson, a basketball savant turned social recluse who teams up with Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) to rediscover his love for the game.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Pixels • One promising character disconnected from the plotting so far is Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, a client of JoAnne’s who made some untold fortune in the business, but has since turned into a bitter recluse.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Having been surpassed, as an athlete, by Alex Honnold, the new free soloist in the valley, Potter, then in his early forties, reimagined himself as a performance artist, of a kind.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
Noun
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According to Greek and Roman mythology, Orion was a nocturnal hermit hunter who was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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In it, Day-Lewis plays a hermit in the North England woods who’s visited by an old friend (Sean Bean) sent to bring him back to his son.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Rotund ewes are sometimes prone to getting pinned upside down in hollows by their own weight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Maron explained that storms can dislodge baby birds from their nests, sweep young animals out of tree hollows and even flood ground nests used by cottontails and skunks.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Iryna also was a notorious homebody who often seemed happiest just spending time with family or curling up on the couch or her bed with her sketchbook.—
Julia Coin
April 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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For all of her eclectic outfits and wild antics, Lady Gaga thinks of herself as a homebody at heart.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her journey takes her to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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But Mary’s journey takes her far beyond that familiar estate — to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This architectural marvel, constructed from natural dolomite lime, curves elegantly across a deep gorge and leads straight into a tunnel cut into solid rock.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2026
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Dimitsana and Arcadian mountain trails The heartland of the Peloponnese is Arcadia, a mountainous province of gorges and hills, many precariously topped by medieval towns.—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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The eldest of Scotland’s two national parks, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, is centered around Great Britain’s largest freshwater lake, Loch Lomond, alongside the mountains, forests, and glens of the Trossachs.—
Andrea Bussell,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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These new airline routes have the potential to introduce the beauty of this scenic country to hordes of new visitors who can discover that Scotland is a land of ancient castles and historic cities punctuated by dramatic, untamed beauty, misty Highlands, deep glens and glittering lochs.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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