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Kevin McCarthy is like everybody’s friend. And he’s almost too nice of a guy, i think there will be a huge recognition that Kevin McCarthy did the most raising money. Going district by district to actually win back the House. It's a matter of how big the margin is. You've got to be able to shut off some votes of people who will never vote for Kevin McCarthy. But you got to backfill that with people that will. – Jason Chaffetz	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
For a burst pipe or leak, the first thing you want to do is shut off the water, with your home, that is usually accessible. But if you're renting, it might not be, in which case you need to get a hold of your landlord or superintendent as quickly as you can. – Daniel Wroclawski	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are in the peak of our thunderstorm season but as we progress into late July and August, we transition to more southwesterly flow which tends to shut off our thunderstorm season. – Erin Billings	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is useful to signal that Beijing wants a more predictable environment, but many of the bureaucratic gears are rolling and can not just be shut off. – Martin Chorzempa	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Dorsey may be gone, but the guy who replaced him is 20 times worse, believe it or not, when it comes to wanting to censor voices that they don’t agree with, there was a debate in the public square, and they weren’t always winning, and when you’re not winning, and you have the power to shut off the other voice, it seems almost natural that that’s what you would do. – Justin Danhof	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Higher mortgage rates have quickly shut off refinances, with activity down in six of the first seven weeks of 2022, purchase applications, already constrained by elevated sales prices and tight inventory, have also been impacted by these higher rates and declined for the third straight week. – Joel Kan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was one of the few times in Simone Biles life where everything was just shut off and Simone Biles couldn't do anything, so we used it to get to know each other — really get to know each other. It created our bond and made it stronger. Now I'm so thankful. – Read MoreThe gold medalist	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I've been shut off for less. I've been shut off for 23 cents it's stressful. You feel like there's nothing you can do. – Kallela Martin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s a unique opportunity because I’ve never won a U.S. Open. It’s in my backyard. I have a chance to prepare properly, and I wanted to put in the right work, so I’ve kind of shut off all the noise. I’ve shut off my phone. I’ve shut off a lot of the other stuff to where I can kind of focus in on this week. – Phil Mickelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My car shuts off from time to time, and it shut off down the highway... I didn't want to wait to flag someone down to get a jump. So I grabbed my juice and grabbed my board. – Nathan Apodaca	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The FDA is moving the goalposts again and their actions this time could shut off a key source of alcohol for hand sanitizer production, significantly exacerbating the worldwide shortage of hand sanitizer. – Geoff Cooper	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The river is at its lowest levels in a decade, a problem linked to China's decision to shut off water upstream. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We hope that the formation of transitional institutions marks the beginning of a new era, we hope it is an era where we can shut off the sound of pistols and destroy for good prisons of arbitrary detention. – Omer El-Digair	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10. – Cora Breuner	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10, and all of them need to be charged away from the bed on a phone charge strip. Everybody : Mom, Dad, uncle, partners, siblings. – Cora Breuner	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I just shut off all emotions, and I was numb. – Corey Monteith mother	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In the preliminary investigation, the co-pilot was found to be smoking an e-cigarette, smoke diffused into the passenger cabin and relevant air conditioning components were wrongly shut off, without notifying the captain, which resulted in insufficient oxygen. – China News	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Americans are the true first responders, we've gotta get back to the basics, and teach people tangible skills, not only how to do CPR and first aid but to shut off your house gas lines or water lines after a disaster. We've gotta get people to save money. They need their own rainy day account. – Hurricane MariaBut	Found on CNN 6 years ago
After the last [stealthing] encounter, I just became emotionally shut off, at first I wanted to get pissed and scream at the person, but all that disappointment drains you … Now I just try to be way more careful. – Alexandra Brodsky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The car just went black, the radio shut off, all the lights went off. The motor stopped. I mean just black. – Kim Novak	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We are calling a halt to production at the refineries - to shut off at source so to speak, our end-goal is not (fuel) shortages but withdrawal of the labour law. – Emmanuel Lepine	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Until these trade routes are shut off, the structure there makes it too difficult for sanctions to effectively kick in. – Kim Dong-yub	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Does a typical Florida area 'waterspout' feature a faucet or a shut-off valve? – F.M . Faber Jr.	added by WerterBuch 8 years ago
What the DNC did, arbitrarily, without discussing it with us, is shut off our access to our information, crippling our campaign. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Kevin McCarthy is like everybody’s friend. And he’s almost too nice of a guy, i think there will be a huge recognition that Kevin McCarthy did the most raising money. Going district by district to actually win back the House. It's a matter of how big the margin is. You've got to be able to shut off some votes of people who will never vote for Kevin McCarthy. But you got to backfill that with people that will.

– Jason Chaffetz

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For a burst pipe or leak, the first thing you want to do is shut off the water, with your home, that is usually accessible. But if you're renting, it might not be, in which case you need to get a hold of your landlord or superintendent as quickly as you can.

– Daniel Wroclawski

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are in the peak of our thunderstorm season but as we progress into late July and August, we transition to more southwesterly flow which tends to shut off our thunderstorm season.

– Erin Billings

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is useful to signal that Beijing wants a more predictable environment, but many of the bureaucratic gears are rolling and can not just be shut off.

– Martin Chorzempa

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Dorsey may be gone, but the guy who replaced him is 20 times worse, believe it or not, when it comes to wanting to censor voices that they don’t agree with, there was a debate in the public square, and they weren’t always winning, and when you’re not winning, and you have the power to shut off the other voice, it seems almost natural that that’s what you would do.

– Justin Danhof

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Higher mortgage rates have quickly shut off refinances, with activity down in six of the first seven weeks of 2022, purchase applications, already constrained by elevated sales prices and tight inventory, have also been impacted by these higher rates and declined for the third straight week.

– Joel Kan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was one of the few times in Simone Biles life where everything was just shut off and Simone Biles couldn't do anything, so we used it to get to know each other — really get to know each other. It created our bond and made it stronger. Now I'm so thankful.

– Read MoreThe gold medalist

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've been shut off for less. I've been shut off for 23 cents it's stressful. You feel like there's nothing you can do.

– Kallela Martin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s a unique opportunity because I’ve never won a U.S. Open. It’s in my backyard. I have a chance to prepare properly, and I wanted to put in the right work, so I’ve kind of shut off all the noise. I’ve shut off my phone. I’ve shut off a lot of the other stuff to where I can kind of focus in on this week.

– Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My car shuts off from time to time, and it shut off down the highway... I didn't want to wait to flag someone down to get a jump. So I grabbed my juice and grabbed my board.

– Nathan Apodaca

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The FDA is moving the goalposts again and their actions this time could shut off a key source of alcohol for hand sanitizer production, significantly exacerbating the worldwide shortage of hand sanitizer.

– Geoff Cooper

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The river is at its lowest levels in a decade, a problem linked to China's decision to shut off water upstream.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We hope that the formation of transitional institutions marks the beginning of a new era, we hope it is an era where we can shut off the sound of pistols and destroy for good prisons of arbitrary detention.

– Omer El-Digair

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10.

– Cora Breuner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I always say in my clinic, everybody has to shut off their screen between 9 and 10, and all of them need to be charged away from the bed on a phone charge strip. Everybody : Mom, Dad, uncle, partners, siblings.

– Cora Breuner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I just shut off all emotions, and I was numb.

– Corey Monteith mother

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In the preliminary investigation, the co-pilot was found to be smoking an e-cigarette, smoke diffused into the passenger cabin and relevant air conditioning components were wrongly shut off, without notifying the captain, which resulted in insufficient oxygen.

– China News

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Americans are the true first responders, we've gotta get back to the basics, and teach people tangible skills, not only how to do CPR and first aid but to shut off your house gas lines or water lines after a disaster. We've gotta get people to save money. They need their own rainy day account.

– Hurricane MariaBut

Found on CNN
6 years ago

After the last [stealthing] encounter, I just became emotionally shut off, at first I wanted to get pissed and scream at the person, but all that disappointment drains you … Now I just try to be way more careful.

– Alexandra Brodsky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The car just went black, the radio shut off, all the lights went off. The motor stopped. I mean just black.

– Kim Novak

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We are calling a halt to production at the refineries - to shut off at source so to speak, our end-goal is not (fuel) shortages but withdrawal of the labour law.

– Emmanuel Lepine

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Until these trade routes are shut off, the structure there makes it too difficult for sanctions to effectively kick in.

– Kim Dong-yub

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Does a typical Florida area 'waterspout' feature a faucet or a shut-off valve?

– F.M . Faber Jr.

added by WerterBuch
8 years ago

What the DNC did, arbitrarily, without discussing it with us, is shut off our access to our information, crippling our campaign.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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