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

In December 2025, a large power outage in San Francisco led Waymo taxis to stop working around the city, causing huge traffic jams.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The U.S., the world’s largest producer of the gas, is more insulated for now, though analysts say a prolonged Qatari outage would hit it hard, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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