blackout
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"The blackout ultimately served, above all, to accelerate this process," Emília Encarnação of Vista Alegre explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
She soon realized the blackout affected her building and her street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
This year will also bring exercises aimed at testing a decentralized military command structure to ensure soldiers can operate effectively even during a communication blackout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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
Etienne says, “Please, Madame. Close the window. They are rounding up blackout offenders.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
The crisis and years of poor maintenance have fuelled rolling blackouts and shortages of basic goods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
At night, regular blackouts plunged it into an infernally bleak darkness.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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