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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 AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 Outside the capital, the blackouts may last 48 hours or more before the power returns for another couple of hours. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Battery energy storage systems are large batteries, some as big as shipping containers, used by utility companies and data centers to store energy for use later to stabilize the power grid and to avoid blackouts. — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026 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 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

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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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