outage
Example Sentences
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Roughly 110,000 PG&E customers have service again following a major power outage Saturday in San Francisco that left homes in the dark, stalled traffic and shut down restaurants, shops and holiday lighting displays.
From Los Angeles Times
The large outage comes as more rainy weather is expected to hit San Francisco and then move toward Los Angeles ahead of the holidays.
From Los Angeles Times
January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and persistent technology outages have taken a toll.
Putin’s annual call-in provides a snap shot of issues average Russians care about most, which this year included inflation, electrical outages in the Arctic and social benefits for working parents.
The auction failed to secure enough capacity to meet its reliability requirement, a standard meant to protect against outages during emergencies.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
