outage

Example Sentences

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The outage is not the first time self-driving cars have faced technical difficulties.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Videos on social media have documented the outage, with one appearing to show it resulting in a highway collision, although police said no injuries had been reported and passengers exited their vehicles safely.

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

“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

I hated that my experiment had caused a power outage.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas