Sentence examples for worked to close from inspiring English sources

India has worked to close the gap with China by spending heavily on modern arms.

He had closed the secret C.I.A. prisons, obtained Congressional approval for warrantless surveillance and military commissions, and worked to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

The girl was wounded and her father was killed on Thursday as they worked to close the store, the Tyler Home Center, near downtown Gaffney.

HOUSTON — Oil continued to pour from a runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as engineers worked to close two of four vents on a capping device lowered onto the gushing riser pipe.

Democrats indicated Thursday that they were beginning to submit to Mr. Schwarzenegger's demands, taking proposed tax increases that he opposes off the table as they worked to close a budget gap estimated to have grown to $27 billion.

Eugene Hernandez, at indieWIRE, reports: "Jose Lopez is hiring back his entire staff of nine, he told indieWIRE this morning, as he worked to close on a lease for a new office.

The government is working to close that gap.

As a result, United States forces in Afghanistan are working to close burn pits.

Yet Mr. Wladawsky-Berger also sees several forces that should work to close the gap.

Shows are now working to close the feedback loop and incorporate those instant responses on the air, Brian Stelter reports.

Even as the United States works to close the prison, it should use the base for humanitarian intervention.