outage

Example Sentences

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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

“What matters now is not only the volume lost, but the precedent set. Once critical Gulf energy infrastructure is seen as vulnerable, buyers will price that risk for longer than the initial outage itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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

What the BBC is hearing from Iran is a glimpse into the country that remains largely cut off from the world as a result of a government-imposed internet outage.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

I hated that my experiment had caused a power outage.

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