outage

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

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Further tightening the market, an outage at Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG facility in Western Australia has removed additional supply, increasing Europe’s vulnerability to external shocks, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

Maybe whatever caused the power outage has finally begun to calm.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner