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short circuit





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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

These thread like growths, known as filaments, would keep extending until they created a short circuit and destroyed the pixel.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

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

The festivities were briefly interrupted when Father’s lamp caused a short circuit and we were suddenly plunged into darkness.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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