as in to cut off
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TikTok and content creators on the app argued the ban violates their First Amendment rights by cutting off all speech on the platform, while the federal government argued the ban is necessary for national security, given ByteDance’s Chinese ownership.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Kira Weibel was in eighth grade when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the student’s Altadena charter school, cutting off critical community connections.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Canada has been drawing up its own retaliatory tariff plan, Bloomberg reports, as has Mexico, according to the Associated Press. ECONOMIC INDICATORS As trading began on Tuesday, the three major indexes rose a bit, but there were no big shifts up or down.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Northwestern coach Chris Collins drew up a play for junior forward Nick Martinelli, who drilled the game-winner.—
Jack Vita,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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The central bank’s unexpected action is aimed at braking a recent shift by investors toward purchasing bonds while shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The officer braked and hit her car on the driver's door area.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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The next year, a major fire ripped through Malibu, destroying hundreds of homes and later, when the El Nino storms arrived, resulted in mudslides that shut off major coastal routes for months.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Public safety power shutoffs refer to planned outages that take place when utilities such as San Diego Gas & Electric preemptively shut off power supply to some lines to prevent wildfires from sparking.—
Gary Robbins,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Flick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flick%20%28off%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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