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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 California hasn’t seen rolling blackouts since that year in large part due to its massive increase in battery energy storage, Seeley said. — Los Angeles Times, 16 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 The heavy rain comes a day after a tropical storm battered northeastern Japan, injuring at least seven, toppling trees and causing widespread blackouts. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Such is the danger of hypoxic blackouts, medical experts say. — Chip Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 The communkit gathering took place at a time residents in Havana and other areas of the island have a scarce few hours of electricity, if any, every day amid blackouts, as well as food and fuel shortages that have devastated the country’s economy. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 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 The systems use lithium-ion or other battery cells and help data centers and utilities avoid blackouts, allowing for energy storage from all sources, including fossil fuels and renewable and intermittent sources like solar and wind. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 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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