outage
Example Sentences
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A mass robotaxi outage in the Chinese city of Wuhan caused at least a hundred self-driving cars to stop mid-traffic, sparking renewed debate around the safety of driverless vehicles.
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
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
The latest blackout was due to an outage in a generating unit at one of the country's eight thermoelectric plants, triggering a domino effect in the system, according to authorities.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
