blackout
Example Sentences
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Ukrainians long ago grew accustomed to scheduled blackouts, designed to conserve energy, that last hours at a time.
If you want to know the real reason the U.S. may soon be experiencing blackouts, this is it.
Tesla’s driverless taxis continued to operate throughout the blackout.
From Los Angeles Times
For more than 70% of Cubans, their main concerns are the lack of food and the constant blackouts, which can go for 18 hours or more a day in some regions.
When Stokes finally broke the media blackout, he clarified the "has-beens" comment and responded to Johnson by saying England could be called "rubbish", rather than arrogant.
From BBC
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