circuiting

Example Sentences

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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

Guilty of short circuiting its brand image, its business model, its leadership choices, and its customer outreach strategy, RadioShack lost the pulse of GenY tinkerers and the pioneering spirit it had championed.

From Forbes • Feb. 27, 2015

The valley must have been some sweet little volcano while that short circuiting was going on.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham