Example Sentences

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China-North Korea exchanges faced a further blow soon after, when Pyongyang shuttered its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Plumb came up with a new name for these areas: the "shuttered front", a string of constituencies with struggling High Streets that Power to Change think could play a pivotal role in future elections.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Saturday, in a lot beside the shuttered Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a strange set of cars and trucks began to gather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

While cars have steadily grown older over the last 15 years, the trend picked up after the Covid pandemic, when shuttered factories and supply-chain snarls drove up prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He locked the door and shuttered the wide windows of the inn, as if to distance himself from the stars and all their varied names.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss