closed shop

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Noun
  • They were tied with the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers at home with about seven minutes left yet still lost by 22 points, replicating a second-half fold against the Golden State Warriors on Feb. 8 at the United Center.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In truth, tri-fold is a misnomer since there are only two folds, but the three screens form a clever design that unfurls to a full 10.2 inches.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The network also revealed a further slate of longstanding Opry members who will be making appearances on the telecast, including Bill Anderson, Jeannie Seely, Lauren Alaina, Sara Evans, Scotty McCreery, Chris Janson and Dustin Lynch.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The leaders will also discuss whether to place more arms contracts with Ukraine's defense industry, and to help integrate it into the European industrial network.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While these recent deaths prompted calls for the race to end, organizations have been protesting the Iditarod for decades, according to Melanie Johnson, a senior manager at PETA.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The organization, which is based in San Diego, has helped organize the launch of the Community Self-Defense Coalition, a network of more than 80 community groups.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Williamson County includes parts of Austin, where Worthy played college football at the University of Texas.
    Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Then, during winter break of his freshman year of college, he was admitted to Children’s Hospital New Orleans for a vaginoplasty.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Lohan, Chabert and Amanda Seyfried, who rounded out the Plastics clique as Karen Smith in the original movie, reprised their characters for a Walmart Black Friday ad.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Written and directed by Alex Russell, Lurker follows retail employee Matthew (Pellerin), who infiltrates the clique of a rising musician, Oliver (Madekwe).
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This reduces disease risk and promotes fruit set. 4.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Nylon dresses and skirt sets provided an interesting series of outfits primed for going-out wardrobes of those who appear to be omnipresent.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Scott MacArthur As Ness Gordon Best known for: The Righteous Gemstones, No Hard Feelings Scott MacArthur appears as Ness Gordon, another member of the Gordon clan who is the general manager of the Waves.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Kieran and Macaulay played cousins in both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which centers on the rambunctious, extended McCallister family clan who repeatedly accidentally leave their young child behind.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Less pricey items include metal rings and necklaces with bids beginning between $25 and $50.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn's moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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