transformer

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The pattern will eventually create the heart of an electric transformer that takes four to six weeks to build and is the size of a small garage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The game was supposed to be played Friday night along with the full slate of City Section contests, but it was postponed until Monday afternoon after a transformer problem left the school without power.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Authorities in Mexico said on Saturday that a faulty electric transformer may have caused an explosion that killed at least 23 people in a supermarket.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

The prosecutor's office in the northern state of Sonora said in a statement that "the working assumption is that the incident was accidental, and the investigation is looking into a transformer located inside the store."

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Alighting on the corrected transformer pole, she waited for Susan to appear with food.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George