shutter
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Several media outlets including Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Spirit is preparing to shutter, citing people familiar with the situation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
There was just the constant shutter of photographs being taken.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
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
I kept working the shutter, getting angles we didn’t need, even though I’d long run out of film.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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