malfunction
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It did not say why the fuel switches were turned off -- whether it was the fault of a pilot, or a result of a malfunction.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
A safety system detected dangerous levels of engine thrust, assumed a malfunction, and ordered the fuel supply to be cut off, the theory goes.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Many regulations are essential guardrails of safety: minimizing the risk of financial crises, ensuring that our food isn’t harmful, protecting us from airplanes that malfunction, and so forth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"Showing that the process of protein production loses fidelity with aging provides a kind of underlying rationale for why all these other processes start to malfunction with age," said Frydman.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
“Just because of a computer malfunction? Fine. It’s not my problem.”
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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