short circuit
Example Sentences
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Adams pointed to social media platforms like X as evidence that machines “can easily short circuit our sense of human accountability and responsibility.”
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
They campaign for a short "circuit breaker" lockdown to try to drive down infections.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
The fire may have been caused by a short circuit, he said.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
I could still hear the words, feel the numbness settle in, like a short circuit in my brain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
Later, we’d learn that there had been a short circuit somewhere among the hundreds of miles of wiring within the craft.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
