Sentence examples for ordered the closings from inspiring English sources

Now it is a major scandal as emails reveal that Christie's close aides had ordered the closings to punish a mayor who had not endorsed the governor's re-election.

In the Bay Area, Ms. Haag has ordered the closings of several dispensaries near schools and parks where children play.

Deputy Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio ordered the closings "out of precaution and so as to limit as much as possible the spread of the new A(H1N1) flu virus," a statement said.

But on Friday, the man who ordered the closings — a high school friend of the governor's who was a small-town mayor and the founder of an anonymous political blog before Mr. Christie's appointee created a job for him at the Port Authority — resigned, saying the issue had become "a distraction".

And testifying under subpoena in Trenton on Monday, bridge workers described Mr. Christie's associates' ordering the closings, and called the different maneuvers "unprecedented," "odd" and "wrong".

He submitted his resignation on Dec. 6 after it was revealed he had ordered the lane closings.

Some background: At the center of Bridgegate sits David Wildstein, the Port Authority official who ordered the lane closings leading to the notorious George Washington Bridge traffic jam last September.

Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, who ordered the lanes reopened, said in publicly released emails that he believed the closings violated state and federal law.

An initial House measure would have ordered all closings to be reversed.

Senate leaders ordered closings of Senate offices adjacent to the Capitol as a precaution, locking up buildings that are normally teeming with staff members.

At first, the authorities seemed likely to order closings only during the evening hours of the convention.