outage
Example Sentences
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The outage at QatarEnergy, the world’s largest LNG exporter, has in turn knocked offline the No. 1 global supplier of helium, while blunting regional fertilizer exports and jolting aluminum production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The outage is not the first time self-driving cars have faced technical difficulties.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“If this refinery sees a major multi-week outage, that would certainly be bad news for the refinery and for global prices,” De Haan said.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
At first, I thought it was another annoying power outage; we’d been having them every day.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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