blackout
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As she writes in the book, and has said elsewhere, it wasn’t that she hated her baby or feared harming her but instead “a total blackout of emotion, like my soul was dead.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That’s also as earnings continue to surprise on the upside, valuations are getting more attractive and corporate-buyback demand is set to pick up as blackout windows expire, Rubner added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Wegner himself said earlier this month he would not run for re-election after months of criticism over his handling of a major blackout in January apparently caused by sabotage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
It has been declared just once before, when a major power blackout affected the Iberian Peninsula last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The blackout helped protect the U.S. ships that were out at sea, patrolling the coast for any lurking German U-boats.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
This has triggered a humanitarian crisis marked by rolling blackouts, the collapse of tourism, agricultural shortages and worsened medical care.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Herry Kabut, editor-in-chief of local publication Floresa Media, told the BBC that "each resident has set up their own evacuation post" amid blackouts, landslides and roadblocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But California hasn’t seen rolling blackouts since that year in large part due to its massive increase in battery energy storage, Seeley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Every night, when summer heat and blackouts make sleep impossible at home, Cubans head for rooftops, porches and public spaces where they can catch a breeze.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
After eight months, the blackouts seemed to be getting worse, as if her soul were attempting to live in two different time periods at once.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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