shut the door
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Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private-credit managers with more $300 billion in assets, permanently shut the door on investor withdrawals from one of its retail-focused funds and ended quarterly redemptions.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Cusnir shut the door behind her, sat on her bed, closed her eyes and imagined that she held him in her arms, she recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
No-one from the prison helped us - they shut the door on us and said we couldn't go out.'
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
Then everyone leaves the room and they shut the door, and it’s just me with Rose; and you hear way down the hall, “Action!”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025
I step into the bedroom, and as soon as I shut the door, Karin makes hurry motions with her hands.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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