Sentence examples for crossing shut from inspiring English sources

And so Foote's drive to work is a daily adventure, driving at speed to a detailed but flexible system across the assault course of railway crossings, changing the route according to which train is late or on time, which crossing shut and which open.

But even then security problems often kept the Rafah crossing shut.

With the Cross shut down, the area looks certain to be turned into apartments, giving popular rise to a number of odd yet increasingly plausible theories around the city.

@JohnZangas: Anti-marriage equality folks created a tense situation with signs and slogans but a colorful youth named 'Queen' danced right in front of them with a pink cross, shutting them both down and up.

Ahlan Ashour, 38, came with his wife to visit the Egyptian family, the Barhoums, who had put them up for 24 days during an earlier period when the Rafah crossing was shut.

In Gaza, where 1.5 million Palestinians rely heavily on the border with Egypt for transit and certain supplies, there were fears of increasing prices and of being stuck, as some smuggling tunnels under the border and the official above-ground border crossing were shut.

In January, the crossing was shut for a fortnight after India accused Pakistan of killing two soldiers.

Colleagues who voted for his pet projects were rewarded with their own; those who crossed him were shut out.

In 2003, reportedly after the daughter of a Chinese high-ranking central government official gambled away more than $150,000 in the town, the border was sealed and Chinese soldiers crossed over to shut down several casinos.

Severe flood warnings remain in place on the River Thames, while the Port of Dover, the QE2 Bridge at the Dartford Crossing and the A249 Sheppey Crossing are all shut until late afternoon.

Chad's president, Idriss Déby, said the crossing would remain shut until the crisis in CAR was resolved.