fuse box
Example Sentences
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Searching for the source of a lighting failure he opened a fuse box: “It looked like an exploded firecracker.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
He had come into contact with a lightbulb served by an unearthed fuse box.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
Hand over hand she moved along the walls, stopping at each step to explore the surface, searching for the door to the fuse box.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
