blackouts

plural of blackout
as in trances
a temporary state of unconsciousness even though you experienced only a brief blackout, you still ought to be checked by a doctor

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Recent Examples of blackouts For several days this week, cities across the Indian Ocean nation – one of Africa’s poorest – have been flooded with young protesters outraged over water shortages and rolling blackouts. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025 Known by the acronym BESS, the systems can make grids more reliable and have been credited with reducing blackouts. Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025 Madagascar In Antananarivo and beyond, thousands of young people rallied over rolling blackouts and water shortages. Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The electrical grid is disintegrating, with hours-long blackouts common across the island. Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 The storm caused brief blackouts in two Brentwood neighborhoods — Shadow Lakes and Brentwood Hills, said Brentwood Vice Mayor Pa’tanisha Pierson. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 Protests erupted in Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba and other cities last year, after days of hours-long blackouts and acute food shortages. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 Last year Anisimov designed the official uniforms for Ukraine’s Paralympic Team, a project carried out amid blackouts. Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025 Rolling blackouts, water scarcity, and economic barriers strip away these options. Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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swims
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  • The Catskills have always been a retreat—first for 19th-century painters and writers, later for city escapees chasing mountain air and summer swims.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Chicago River Swim raises money for ALS research The race was organized by A Long Swim, which raises money for ALS research by staging open water swims throughout the United States.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025

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