outage
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The heat caused the first major power outage in the country, with around 68,000 homes left without power in the north-western Finistère region on Tuesday evening due to a problem with a transformer, authorities said.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
The volume of outage reports on Facebook appeared to ease after 11 a.m.,
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Another technical problem caused a similar outage in December 2024.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The plant is the largest U.S. supplier of aluminum sheet for automakers, and its outage cost customers billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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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