lights out
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"It means we can potentially design drugs that target the parasite's ARK1 specifically, turning the lights out on malaria without harming the patient."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
Since then those stocks have been lights out, up 76% in 2023, 47.5% in 2024, and 19.3% last year, beating the market every year, according to FactSet.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The strategy shot the lights out when the housing and dotcom bubbles burst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
While the Scots weren't shooting the lights out in attack, they also allowed Belarus to be comfortable for large parts of the game.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
The halls were ghostly dark, and the classroom doors shut with the lights out behind them.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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