lights out
Example Sentences
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Yamamoto gave up a leadoff homer to Drake Baldwin but was lights out from there, allowing only three more hits and striking out eight before he exited with one out in the seventh inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"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
Since then those stocks have been lights out, up 76% in 2023, 47.5% in 2024, and 19.3% last year, beating the market every year, according to FactSet.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Maye was lights out for much of the season—there’s a reason he was in the MVP mix—and this will be the first mild weather game the Patriots have played in ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“Not you—my bees! They can only sting once, and then it’s lights out, the big hive in the sky. And now I’ve only Henry left, and he can’t fly ’cause he’s missing a wing.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
