closed season
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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From 2020 to 2024, there were no prosecutions at courts for the offence "burning whins in closed season", but the setting of gorse fires more generally can be prosecuted as arson.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025
While on patrol July 31, authorities say agents found three shrimp boats using skimmer nets during the closed season.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2015
Their lavish spending in this closed season market, unparalleled to date among those expected to contend for the Premier League, is recognition of domestic inadequacy last time around.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
He closed season for salmon fishing to protect the "old salmon," that is, the spawners.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
Let him know that you wish a law passed at the next legislature giving a closed season on fur bearing animals.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
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