short circuit
Example Sentences
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Adams pointed to social media platforms like X as evidence that machines “can easily short circuit our sense of human accountability and responsibility.”
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
Nets have been placed over certain streets; in previous years metal kite strings have fallen on to electricity wires giving an electric shock to anyone holding them - and causing the wires to short circuit.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Local broadcaster NDTV, citing unnamed police officials, said that a short circuit may have sparked the fire.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
I could still hear the words, feel the numbness settle in, like a short circuit in my brain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
The reason why we didn’t have no juice—along with half of our floor—was because of a short circuit in the walls.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
