shutter
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Limited Too became Justice and then Justice’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 in 2020, causing them to shutter over 800 stores by early 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
From there, tens of thousands of gallons flowed into the Pacific Ocean, killing wildlife and causing fisheries to shutter.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Phillips 66 and Valero have already announced plans to shutter major refineries in Los Angeles and Benicia.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
But firefighters could not get in because it was locked with a roll shutter.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
He got down and closed the shutter and went to bed.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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