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Recent Examples of blackouts
Political and local opposition has been growing because of fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and the centers’ voracious water needs.
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Jennifer McDermott,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Adriana Inthamoussu, born in the 1970s, remembers the blackouts in Uruguay’s past.
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Constance Malleret,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 June 2026
Communication blackouts after protests in January, followed by wartime blackouts and communications restrictions, further limited the flow of information from affected communities.
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N. Kirkpatrick,
Washington Post,
20 June 2026
The new deal is supposed to bring more national games and fewer regional blackouts, and to allow Rogers to sub-license their rights to willing parties.
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Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
The plan is a direct result of South Africa’s crippling electricity crisis, which peaked between 2023 and 2023 when record-breaking rolling blackouts threatened economic collapse.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
The city has endured fiscal crises, blackouts, crime waves, terrorist attacks, recessions and a pandemic.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
The deliberate blackouts, commonly known as Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, events, are affecting homes and businesses in eight counties north and west of Sacramento County.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
Meanwhile, Cubans are suffering through regular blackouts that now last for more than a day, including in the capital, Havana.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Jennifer McDermott,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Adriana Inthamoussu, born in the 1970s, remembers the blackouts in Uruguay’s past.
—
Constance Malleret,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 June 2026
Communication blackouts after protests in January, followed by wartime blackouts and communications restrictions, further limited the flow of information from affected communities.
—
N. Kirkpatrick,
Washington Post,
20 June 2026
The new deal is supposed to bring more national games and fewer regional blackouts, and to allow Rogers to sub-license their rights to willing parties.
—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
The plan is a direct result of South Africa’s crippling electricity crisis, which peaked between 2023 and 2023 when record-breaking rolling blackouts threatened economic collapse.
—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
The city has endured fiscal crises, blackouts, crime waves, terrorist attacks, recessions and a pandemic.
—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
The deliberate blackouts, commonly known as Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, events, are affecting homes and businesses in eight counties north and west of Sacramento County.
—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
Meanwhile, Cubans are suffering through regular blackouts that now last for more than a day, including in the capital, Havana.
—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackouts
Noun
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The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.
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The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.
Noun
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Over the course of the next few summers, the two grow closer over horror films and swims in the lake, frequently accompanied by Sam’s older brother Charlie (Michael Bradway), Percy’s best friend Delilah (Abigail Cowen), and Jordie (Joseph Chiu), a fellow local and Sam’s best friend.
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John Quincy Adams was fit enough to take daily naked swims in the Potomac River while in office.
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