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outage

[au-tij] / ˈaʊ tɪdʒ /


NOUN
suspension of operation
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U.S. natural gas futures posted their biggest-single-day gain since January as a pipeline outage in West Virginia led to supply disruptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Crude futures fell as the supply fears fueled by the outage of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline eased, and oil continued to make it through the Strait of Hormuz via ship-to-ship loadings and dark transits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The latest outage affected 140 of the airline's flights and 25,000 passengers.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The country's entire electricity grid suffered "total disconnection" that triggered a nationwide outage, Cuba's energy ministry said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

With his oiled-back hair and his smooth preacher voice intact, he leaned in close to his bible and kept chugging along, completely unfazed by the power outage.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

The weather service issued wind advisories and high-wind warnings in the mountains to highlight that “the wind itself could cause issues like downed power lines, power outages, road hazards and general nuisance,” Kittell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Pacific Gas and Electric announced it was also considering outages for customers in dozens of counties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Due to the strikes, about 100,000 households in Kyiv and the region suffered internet outages.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the El Milagro neighborhood of the town of Lagunillas, elderly residents who had grown up during the country’s economic heyday now struggle with daily power outages and a scant water supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I’d suffered the aftereffects, of course—power outages across the camp, White Noise when the camp controllers thought one of them had done it on purpose.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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