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

Tatis’s power outage is especially weird because, while homers have slowed since the record highs at the end of last decade, this is still a historically easy time to hit one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"We have our earthquake machine... Now we have to play with the parameters," said Frederic Massin, a French seismologist and technical expert, as he studied his screen for clues to what had caused the outage.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The outage affected major institutions including Columbia University, Princeton University, Rutgers University and the University of California network, according to reporting from multiple university statements.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

At first, I thought it was another annoying power outage; we’d been having them every day.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai