fuse box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The battle group’s youngest members are showing a proclivity for using new tech to solve problems; one soldier recently 3-D-printed a replacement for a broken fuse box cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Officials said most violations are not typically serious, but are included on a list of items needed to bring a building into compliance, such as proper labeling on a fuse box or stucco replacement.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Astrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2021
Hand over hand she moved along the walls, stopping at each step to explore the surface, searching for the door to the fuse box.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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