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Induction happens when the magnetic field of a nearby live wire causes power to jump to inactive equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Underneath the quiet sits a live wire: the “Magnificent Seven,” nearly left for dead after a punishing first half of 2026, but quietly coming back to life in the past two weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
The newspaper said Farage had received support ahead of the 2024 election from Cottrell, who was jailed for eight months in the US in 2017 after pleading guilty to a charge of wire fraud.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
This failure is visible in the U.S., where Congress spent $42 billion in 2021 to wire rural America for broadband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
If I look closely, I can see tiny red thorns pointing out from the surface—like a wall of botanical barbed wire.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“Seeing that face with all the cables and all the wires and all the things going on, it just kind of encompasses all of it and takes it right back,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
You might think of a cable as a wire but it is actually a bundle of wires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The U.S. needs to build more power plants, poles and wires to meet rising electricity demand, but projects and supply chains are backlogged in every direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The paper says extreme temperatures can cause steel rails to expand, and the intense heat increases the risk of overhead wires breaking, along with signalling and electrical systems overheating.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Jessie touched the remaining wires to two small prongs coming down from an LED light, and the light blinked on.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Picture this: a team of camera-clad cleaners and a private chef to boot, all wired with high-tech recording apparatus show up at your home.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
We’re wired to pay more attention to bad news, and that kind of content will find its way to us one way or another.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
That October, a white sign went up on a barbed wired fence near the Crawford’s home.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
We’re just not wired to think about mean reversion.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
I feel wired and on edge, and my room feels even smaller than usual.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
The new 6th Street Bridge, hailed as a civic landmark just steps away, was promptly stripped of its wiring by vandals and now sits pitch black at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
For investors hunting the Tier 1 suppliers of physical AI, the layers Nvidia is wiring up sort into a few buckets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The industry has been using more aluminum in wiring for a while.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ageing cables, lead pipes, wiring and boilers are set to be replaced in the renovation, many for the first time in 60 years, after concern about potential fire and water damage.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The wiring in her mind has been snapped in vital places, she fears, and now the strangest things have been happening.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
