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
Still another proposal calls for a closed season on conch.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
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
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
Although there is a closed season for terrapin, the value of the diamond-back causes him to be relentlessly hunted during the open season, with the result that, like the delectable lobster, he is passing.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
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