outage
Example Sentences
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The large outage comes as more rainy weather is expected to hit San Francisco and then move toward Los Angeles ahead of the holidays.
From Los Angeles Times
January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and persistent technology outages have taken a toll.
Putin’s annual call-in provides a snap shot of issues average Russians care about most, which this year included inflation, electrical outages in the Arctic and social benefits for working parents.
The auction failed to secure enough capacity to meet its reliability requirement, a standard meant to protect against outages during emergencies.
From Barron's
Pierce and other researchers say efforts to improve firefighting capacity could include investing in new infrastructure, lining up dedicated supplies for firefighting and creating backup power to keep pumps running if there are outages.
From Los Angeles Times
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