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Recent Examples of shut-in
Hamad Hussain, climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics, pointed out in a separate note Monday that tankers need to fill up on gulf supplies in order for shut-in production to restart.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
The Atlantic Council has warned that if shale producers lost access to export markets, oil production shut-ins would follow, harming domestic producers and global consumers.
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Dan Eberhart,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Iran has plenty of experience dealing with shut-ins and restarts.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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
Her brother, Casey (Spike Fearn), is an agoraphobic shut-in failing to confront his mounting mental-health crises.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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Ian Baker
august 21,
New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
The Atlantic Council has warned that if shale producers lost access to export markets, oil production shut-ins would follow, harming domestic producers and global consumers.
—
Dan Eberhart,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Iran has plenty of experience dealing with shut-ins and restarts.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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.
—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 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
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According to professionals, during an active infestation, the family would typically find 20 to 30 recluses in their traps overnight.
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The new movie finds Cindy as a recluse living in isolation before teaming up with old friend Brenda (Regina Hall) to fight a new Ghostface.
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Inside, there’s a living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms, while outside, a stone staircase leads up to the rooftop for views that stretch across the valley (highly suggest popping up at dawn or golden hour).
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The front nine plays through a scenic, rolling valley while the back nine plays through the towering pines of the forest.
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It’s known for outlaws, hermits, drugs, hippies, and an aversion to outsiders — like the much ballyhooed Humboldt County across the Californian border but way more under the radar.
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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.
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Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases.
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That single number makes every record-high headline ring hollow.
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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.
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For all of her eclectic outfits and wild antics, Lady Gaga thinks of herself as a homebody at heart.
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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.
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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.
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To compensate for winter’s period of lean rations, however, flatties gorge in spring to ease their wake-up hunger pangs and again in fall to gain weight like bears preparing for hibernation.
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This beloved New York State summertime tubing run starts at Table Rock and sends riders through a stunning chasm that cuts through a gorge.
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He’s watched side canyons turn from waterlogged moonscapes to glens home to trees with full canopies.
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Pause for lunch, then drift through fishing villages, beaches and glens that define Donegal’s rugged character.
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“Shut-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut-in. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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