circuit breaker
Example Sentences
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The meltdown spilled over into the stock market, with the benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 tumbling 5.5% on Wednesday and triggering a circuit breaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
"That is the circuit breaker I am offering: power out of Westminster, an economy rewired for ordinary people, and good growth in every postcode," Burnham said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
One day when I go downstairs to flip the circuit breaker, I catch Hunter on all fours, trying to walk like a vuvv, with his back to the floor.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
