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Employees stand inside a supermarket without lights in Burgos on April 28, 2025, during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
In a week in which Spain had suffered a massive power cut which left the entire population without electricity or phone signal for most of Monday, Athletic had suffered their own systems failure at the most pressurised moment possible.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Because of the power cut, the courts in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, were closed, children’s activities and cultural events canceled.
—Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The three-time French presidential candidate saw her path to power cut short on Monday when a court ruling banned her from running for public office for five years, triggering a political earthquake in France and knocking the frontrunner out of the 2027 presidential race.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Russia’s Defense Ministry alleged that Ukrainian drone attacks hit an electric facility in the Bryansk region early Wednesday and a power grid facility in the Kursk region on Tuesday, leading to a power cut affecting thousands of people.
—Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The blaze caused a power cut to tens of thousands of nearby homes as well as to Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
The first day finished with Lando Norris at the top of the timesheets after a brief disruption due to a circuit-wide power cut in the afternoon.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Geneva Karr, 68, died early on Sunday at her residence in Lowndes County during a power cut.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2025
In a week in which Spain had suffered a massive power cut which left the entire population without electricity or phone signal for most of Monday, Athletic had suffered their own systems failure at the most pressurised moment possible.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Because of the power cut, the courts in Murcia, in southeastern Spain, were closed, children’s activities and cultural events canceled.
—Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
The three-time French presidential candidate saw her path to power cut short on Monday when a court ruling banned her from running for public office for five years, triggering a political earthquake in France and knocking the frontrunner out of the 2027 presidential race.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Russia’s Defense Ministry alleged that Ukrainian drone attacks hit an electric facility in the Bryansk region early Wednesday and a power grid facility in the Kursk region on Tuesday, leading to a power cut affecting thousands of people.
—Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The blaze caused a power cut to tens of thousands of nearby homes as well as to Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
The first day finished with Lando Norris at the top of the timesheets after a brief disruption due to a circuit-wide power cut in the afternoon.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Geneva Karr, 68, died early on Sunday at her residence in Lowndes County during a power cut.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Power cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20cut. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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