shutter
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Launched by Elizabeth Koch and Andy Hunter more than a decade ago, the independent publisher will shutter operations in just over a week, per Publisher’s Weekly, which spoke with members of the publisher’s union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
As a photographer’s shutter clicks, Folger flutters a mascara wand over her lashes while preparing for opening night at the Elysian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The jail, which opened in 1932 and has counted John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman, rapper Tupac Shakur, and Sex Pistols musician Sid Vicious among its residents, was due to shutter by 2027.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
This would be a first for me: I had opened more than 15 restaurants across New York City and had yet to shutter a single one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Why did you tell me the shutter was open?” she said.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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The two of them live on-site in what looks like a family home straight out of a 1990s Disney film, a white colonial home with blue shutters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Century-old El Floridita is cloaked with metal shutters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Fridges are working in overdrive to keep produce cool, shutters are being pulled down to keep the hot air at bay, and some goods are being taken off the shelves on the hottest days.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
External shading, such as shutters, awnings or shades, can be even more effective because it stops some sunlight before it reaches the glass.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
I strolled rather self-consciously across the lawn to the house, aware that they might be watching me still from a chink in the shutters.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Reuters news agency reported luxury shops and boutiques were shuttered and surrounded by security guards at the Place Vendome in Paris.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Smoke has severely worsened air quality in Manaus, a city of 2.3 million people, and authorities shuttered public schools on Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
And today, even in its shuttered and bruised state, it stands defiantly — a testament to handmade art at a time the world is spinning toward all-digital everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
When the Journal wrote to Rezazadeh on Telegram, a person identifying themself as a former ZedPay employee said the company had closed down because of the sanctions, and Binance had also shuttered its account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The other shops up and down the narrow street were shuttered and silent: the optician’s next door, the dress shop, the baker’s, Weil’s Furriers across the street.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Yardan described a potential shuttering, even if temporary, as a "huge dent" in DC culture that could change the heart of the space.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
What could possibly be gained by shuttering a national citadel for creative excellence?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The group said that a consequence of the ban could be refineries shuttering in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
They must make a choice: help each other as a global village or repeat COVID-19 style global shuttering.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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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