Thesaurus results for BLACKOUTS

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 The burden is even heavier in rural villages, where residents have recently endured blackouts lasting as long as 16 hours a day. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 After ousting the Venezuelan leader earlier this year, the White House ordered a blockade that choked off fuel shipments to Cuba, leading to severe blackouts, food shortages and an economic collapse across the island. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The affordability crisis in our state, perpetuated by the RRC’s failure to drive weatherization requirements after the February 2011 Blizzard that caused rolling blackouts across the state, which led to death and property destruction a decade ago. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026 Needless to say, the system has to be robust enough to handle battlefield conditions, including electronic warfare and communications blackouts. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 After most abductions, media blackouts were requested by the victims’ families, on the advice of their governments. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The fluctuations and short blackouts eventually damaged the machine. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Today, builders respond to concerns over blackouts, electromagnetic pulses, pandemics, cyberattacks, chemical and biological weapons, and AI. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 If these short-sighted changes go through, the cost will fall on residents in the form of higher bills and greater risk of blackouts. — Tom Nyein, Baltimore Sun, 3 Oct. 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 latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.

— John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025

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