blackout
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Blackout shades were raised; people poured into the streets, shouting, dancing and embracing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
From the Quebec Blackout of 1989 to the historically intense Carrington Event 140 years earlier, geomagnetic storms are often memorable and spectacular events.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024
Blackout screens have now been fitted to lanterns on the bridge.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023
By this point, you might have noticed a trend in my selections: Except for “The Blackout: Invasion Earth,” they have a pleasurable, carefree sensibility.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
The day Blackout posted “On the Come Up,” I told her all about it.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing blackout
World War II
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 16–October 22, 2021
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