outage

Example Sentences

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And in April, a mass Apollo Go robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Despite his power outage, Tatis has hit over 58% of balls at 95 mph or above, placing him in the 98th percentile this season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

The message said the situation was “fluid” and that officials were working with Instructure to determine the full scope of the outage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

I explained that the phone had accidentally dropped onto the kitchen floor while I’d been talking to Thomas, but left out the part about the exploding grapes causing a power outage.

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