shuttering
Britishnoun
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The attacks are forcing schoolchildren out of classes into shelters, shuttering businesses, and disrupting public transport.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The ride has been closed since shortly after the second incident, but on Tuesday park managers said they were shuttering it for good.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The group said that a consequence of the ban could be refineries shuttering in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
But in the past half century of mergers and consolidations, it was briefly a casualty, shuttering in 1985.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Sun dipped and vanished, and as if at the shuttering of a lamp, black night fell.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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