lights out
Example Sentences
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"It means we can potentially design drugs that target the parasite's ARK1 specifically, turning the lights out on malaria without harming the patient."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2026
The strategy shot the lights out when the housing and dotcom bubbles burst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
So Musselman grabbed the gym’s keys, turned the lights out and locked the doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
She would have to wait until after lights out to be Marie Antoinette.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
