high-voltage

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Recent Examples of high-voltage After the latest blackout began in late September, the Ukrainian authorities accused the Russians of intentionally cutting off the plant from Ukraine’s power grid, with the possible goal of trying to connect it to high-voltage lines belonging to Russia. Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 These are high-voltage connections. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 For as long as 55-year-old Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma has been alive, high-voltage power lines have cut across Hopi lands in northeast Arizona, carrying vast amounts of power long distances throughout the Southwest. Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025 Other risks include being crushed between the train and tunnel walls and being electrocuted by high-voltage subway tracks. Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-voltage
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Adjective
  • Strong geomagnetic storms can also spark bright, dynamic auroras, sometimes much farther into mid-latitudes than normal.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Attendees experienced a dynamic mix of panel discussions, live performances, workshops, and industry mixers, all culminating in the Touring Awards Ceremony.
    Evan Burke, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Think of your ankles as the first link in a kinetic chain.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Though she was lambasted at the time, the erotic drama has enjoyed a critical reappraisal in recent years, with fans celebrating Berkley's kinetic turn.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Chartering a speedboat, we were whisked into the bay, a spellbinding expanse of calm, amniotic water dotted with more than 50 tiny islands and pristine beaches that called to mind castaway fantasies.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Available in two spellbinding scents, Couldn’t Be Lovelier with bright raspberry and bubbles and Wickedly Wonderful with cashmere woods and lime, this enchanting collection transforms self-care into pure empowerment.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Without spoiling the climax, A Tale of Two Sisters uses the haunted house motif almost as a window dressing to obscure the psychological aspects at play in this immensely enthralling, supernatural flick.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Samantha Eggar, the vivacious British actress whose five-year run starting in 1965 included enthralling performances in The Collector, Return From the Ashes, Doctor Dolittle and The Molly Maguires, has died.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The enchanting concert film marks the 25th anniversary of Aguilera’s holiday album My Kind of Christmas.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Remote Tortuguero National Park is an enchanting eco-tourism destination.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Raja’s energetic narration is relentlessly funny, even (or especially) when it’s turned to dark or disturbing events from his past.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But Isaacman has also garnered broad support within the commercial space industry, where he’s perceived as an energetic outsider ready to usher NASA into a new era.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • My appetite for more Lee is low, but Harjo’s Tulsa — cynical and lively at the same time — simmers with more to say.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Lomax not only wrote the song but also stars in the commercial, which portrays him enjoying the Biggie Bag combo meal, a scene that turns into a lively celebration of music and food.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Around 1945, tired of boisterous Chicago crowds, Muddy went electric, creating a whole new idiom of Chicago blues.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Add potatoes and remaining ingredients to the bowl of an electric mixer.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Nov. 2025

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