shut the door
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Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private-credit managers with more $300 billion in assets, permanently shut the door on investor withdrawals from one of its retail-focused funds and ended quarterly redemptions.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Cusnir shut the door behind her, sat on her bed, closed her eyes and imagined that she held him in her arms, she recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
After Shohei Ohtani’s led off the ninth with a single, the Cardinals’ JoJo Romero finally shut the door, getting Mookie Betts to pop out and striking out Freeman.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
Bridgette said this announcement "shut the door in the face" of farmers who were preparing to apply.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
As I shut the door and turned toward the kitchen, Nan’s cell phone caught my eye from where it rested next to my backpack on the kitchen table.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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