out of service
Example Sentences
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Timofey Vaskin of Shkola Prizyvnika, or the School of Conscripts, said the demand to find ways out of service had "risen sharply".
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
It has recently been out of service during an extended overhaul but is expected to return in the coming days.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Classes resumed in most of Andalusia but remained suspended in the hardest-hit areas, with several roads and railways still out of service.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
They were taken out of service and, in some cases, kept in storage across Ukraine for decades before Fire Point located them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Although our primary water tank was down to the dregs before the Tap-Out, there was an older one on top of the hill that had been taken out of service.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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