fuse box
Example Sentences
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Searching for the source of a lighting failure he opened a fuse box: “It looked like an exploded firecracker.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
As a result, Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade ruled the cause was likely to have been a faulty fuse box, tucked inside a void, in the disused department store's lift shaft.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
Officials said most violations are not typically serious, but are included on a list of items needed to bring a building into compliance, such as proper labeling on a fuse box or stucco replacement.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021
We did have fuses, but the fuse box was at the rear of the dark warehouse, which made this a particularly unpleasant job at night.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
