How to Use power station in a Sentence
power station
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Daphne had felt for years that the power station made no sense.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
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The two had a fight to the death at a power station, where both died in an apocalyptic blast.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
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His late father used to work swing shifts at a power station.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2023
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The Ukrainians also charged that the Kremlin’s forces fired on a town across the Dnieper River from the power station.
—Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
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Airstrikes also hit a power station and grain silos, the group said.
—Jared Malsin, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
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Ratepayers of the local utility are footing the bill for the power station on the site.
—Joe Barrett, WSJ, 25 May 2022
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The Eggborough power station is just one of 14 coal plants the United Kingdom has laid to rest over the past decade.
—Daniel Wolfe, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
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When a local lawmaker led a hunger strike to protest the power station, he was jailed for six months.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
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Several of the Grad volleys were aimed at the power station, leading to blackouts in the area.
—The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
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Think of it as a green campsite power station for entrepreneurs who can’t stay off their screens—even when in the great outdoors.
—Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2021
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After all, a single pulse isn’t a power station – the process has to be repeated again and again.
—Don Lincoln, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
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Each power station will be around the size of two soccer pitches, and will be able to power a million homes.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2021
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For the first time, Muscat’s new power station was required to power the whole country.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
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Was the North Carolina power station attack linked to a drag show?
—USA Today, 5 Dec. 2022
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During the attack, the ship was posted close to the power station for the naval base, and fired upon enemy planes to protect it.
—Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2020
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The couple have set up a little power station on their porch so neighbors can charge their phones and other items.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
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In some regions, people may prefer less of those—and more of the compact central power stations that TVA knows how to build.
—Robert Kunzig, The Atlantic, 25 July 2023
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Then a parking lot next to the power station was flooded, and soon water started pouring through a gap in the concrete.
—Jan M. Olsen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
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Satellite imagery from after the attack shows gaping holes in the roofs of both towers, a crater in the concrete of the dam next to the head-gates, and a fire in one of the power station buildings.
—New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
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When the Kyiv police officers fired their guns into the sky on Oct. 17, one drone was shot down, but four others struck near a power station.
—Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
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Cranking power stations up and down in a 24-hour cycle is very bad for the environment.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
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Cables can be buried all the way to the power station, but this can be more difficult if the cable lands ashore in a residential area.
—Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2021
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Get charged up on more deals on portable power stations.
—Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
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Soon, there were more drone sightings over oil and gas installations, and a power station.
—Henrik Pryser Libell, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
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The power station itself is due to be decommissioned in 2064, by which time much of the host city of Pripyat will also have crumbled away, the guides say.
—Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2021
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The attack led to power outages in some parts of Kyiv after power stations were damaged.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
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Who blew up power lines from the Kursk nuclear power station?
—Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2022
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Meanwhile, the value of power station coal shipments will drop 71% in the period.
—James Fernyhough, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2023
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Cost has usually been the main barrier to building a space solar power station so far, Caplin said.
—Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 15 July 2024
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Free open-source programs, such as the Linux operating system, help run everything from websites to power stations.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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