shut the door
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At Holyrood with 18-month-old rescue dog Oscar, she told BBC Scotland News the ban was necessary to shut the door on the possibility of any tracks reopening.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
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
I went into my office, shut the door, sat at my desk and said to myself, “Remember this feeling because it’s never going to happen again.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
He was standing, straight and handsome and altogether by himself, alone in the room with the hangers-on as we shut the door.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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