glitch
Example Sentences
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Later, a stranger gleefully approaches Kornev, convinced he knows him, and the effect is chilling — a glitch in the matrix in which human connection briefly flourishes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Bank of Scotland said it was "investigating the issue," adding that it may be "the result of a technical glitch".
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
An official report later blamed the glitch on "obsolete technology".
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Maybe Roz really was defective, and some glitch in her programming had caused her to accidentally become a wild robot.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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