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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

I step outside to see if it’s a power outage everywhere or just in our apartment.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The BBC's Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv, where Ukrainians are facing another winter with electricity outages that leave people without heat, light or even water.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The explosive, unexpected success of Anthropic’s Claude Code had created a computing crunch, contributing to frequent outages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hours after the interview, service on the Kyiv metro was temporarily suspended due to power outages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Aunty Ifeoma was cleaning out the freezer, which had started to smell because of the incessant power outages.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



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