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[sur-kit] / ˈsɜr kɪt /


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He said musicians at the venue described "smoke from a circuit breaker near the stage followed by the power going out and an explosion".

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

After struggling with bone bruising in his arm that limited him to playing mostly on the lower-tier Challenger circuit in recent years, Fery is finally healthy and playing consistently.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

She said it was the sixth year they had undertaken the task at the circuit, which had the largest race weekend attendance in history for a Formula 1 event this year.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

A circuit judge, however, allowed the maps to take effect during the litigation to avoid confusion ahead of the upcoming primary.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

While chomping on an apple, I looked down at the snail and drew a large circle around and around until I made the circuit five times with my pen.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Because well-learned behaviors move into brain circuits that are less dependent on conscious control, simply trying to think about something else may not be enough to break an unwanted habit.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Most of the cases we excluded are decided by just one justice, each of whom oversees one or more federal circuits and has the power to refer filings to the wider court.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Broadcom designs custom chips, known as application-specific integrated circuits, alongside its customers.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

Its application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, were previously a niche product for users with unchanging workloads—video processors or crypto miners.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Akira ran to intercept Dodger on one of his panicked circuits around the yard.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

For centuries, even millennia, people learned songs through the oral tradition, which has been short circuited by the advent of electronic media and inexpensive print communications, in just the last century.

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2016

She shows no bitterness about the turn of events that short circuited her diplomatic trajectory.

From Washington Times May 31, 2014

Their invention, Roominate, offers girls the experience of building a working circuited dollhouse in pastel colors.

From Time Nov. 27, 2013

Wouldn’t that have short- circuited, say, the return of Steve Jobs to Apple?

From BusinessWeek Nov. 30, 2011

The term "short circuit" is a little confusing, in that electricity may have to go a longer way to be short circuited than to pass through some resistance, such as a lamp.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

Her thoughts spiraled: “Is he short circuiting? I thought…Is this a stroke?…Has he been drugged?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

The explosion in Karachi was the result of short circuiting inside a room where the electric system is controlled, according to Nasir Aftab, who is deputy-inspector general for the city’s police.

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2021

Barbare spent much of her time circuiting the provinces, trying to help her feckless husband and then her hapless son salvage catastrophic careers.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

After being transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he spent the next four months circuiting a nexus of prisons and detention centers.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2015

The objection to the system is that the wheels must be insulated, to prevent short circuiting; and this, besides causing trouble in construction, makes it impossible to use the ordinary model rolling stock.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald




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