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
Even the possibility of a closed season draws ire.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023
A summer of upheaval awaits at Chelsea, whether Terry is retained or not, and a number of players will surely be moving on in the closed season.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2016
Each was convicted of taking oysters during a closed season and illegal hours, and from a polluted area and on other charges.
From Washington Times • May 20, 2015
Then he fell to wondering if—he consulted his note-book—J. Winfield Harrah had specialized at all upon his method of serving up this game-bird which knows no closed season?
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
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