as in to shut
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again
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On Friday, a court temporarily stopped the Trump administration from shutting the agency down completely.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025 -
ArcLight had 11 locations, including six in the Los Angeles area, which closed in March 2020 as theaters were ordered shut for the pandemic.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Banks are set to close along with the Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange and U.S. bond markets.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Boeing Since reaching its 2024 closing low of $138.14 last November, Boeing has managed to stage an impressive comeback.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Several other teams searching for a head coach have locked in their guy, including the Chicago Bears (Ben Johnson), New York Jets (Aaron Glenn), Jacksonville Jaguars (Liam Coen) and even the Dallas Cowboys (Brian Schottenheimer).—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The jet stream, essentially a river of air in the atmosphere that storms flow through, is locked in an almost perfect line from west to east, and will continue to funnel fast-moving storms across the northern tier of the Lower 48.—
Artemis Moshtaghian,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Steek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steek. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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