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blackouts

noun

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 But they are also used ubiquitously in hospitals to help supply power in blackouts, in chemical plants to control temperature and pressure to avoid explosions and in elevators and trains to control speed. — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Fuel shortages this year have extended electricity cuts, but blackouts have been common on the island. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 The fees were so steep that other pay-TV providers, including Cox, Dish Network and, for many years, DirecTV, refused to carry the Dodgers channel — leading to one of the longest blackouts in sports TV. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Shelves of bottled water emptied quickly as lengthened blackouts disrupted factory operations. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Massimo Di Odoardo, vice president of gas and LNG research at Wood Mackenzie, is also confident that Europe will avoid a dire scenario of energy shortages and blackouts. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Such is the danger of hypoxic blackouts, medical experts say. — Chip Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 Malawi, an African nation, faced severe 18-hour blackouts after Tropical Storm Ana destroyed a major hydropower dam in 2022, crippling its grid and highlighting reliance on intermittent solar and expensive diesel. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 In several municipalities, particularly in Havana, residents staged neighborhood protests after blackouts lasting more than 48 hours, banging pots and pans and burning garbage piled up on street corners. — Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026

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The narrative is punctuated by prose-poems about the water conditions during her swims, which varied enormously from day to day and month to month, sometimes exquisite, sometimes terrifying.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Almost everything on the menu grows, swims, or gets distilled within a few kilometers of the kitchen.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026

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