Sentence examples for self-imposed blackout from inspiring English sources

David Hines, a "news junkie" who described his self-imposed blackout as "absolute hell," died when he couldn't resist any longer and read an article about the measles outbreak: in it a Seahawks fan hoped that the Patriots players came down with disease on their celebratory trip to Disneyland.

But Reddit, along with Wikipedia and other sites, will observe a self-imposed blackout in protest.

Today all of VICE's websites went on self-imposed blackout for two hours to bring attention to Rasool's imprisonment and call for his release.

Some consumer groups have sought to punish utilities with self-imposed blackouts.

These "curators," tweeting with hashtags like #mtyfollow, #reynosafolllow, #saltillo and #verfollow, produce an inordinately high number of tweets compared to other users, informing people about recent violence, clashes and other news in regions where traditional news outlets have engaged in self-imposed blackouts to avoid narco violence.

During his ensuing self-imposed media blackout, rumors flew that he had had a breakdown.

The police are struggling against a self-imposed 'intelligence blackout' which is hampering efforts to net the gangs behind the crimes.

Mr. Baldwin went so far as to break a self-imposed press blackout to write from his European vacation that "Seeing Bonnie is like finding a lighthouse on a stormy sea".

With 11 days left in the bitter election campaign, the Coalition broke its self-imposed information blackout about "on-water matters" to tell voters it had intercepted a boat of 21 Vietnamese asylum seekers recently.

4: Weeks between Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini starting a self-imposed media blackout to avoid causing more controversy ("I'm saying nothing for six months"), and breaking cover to assess the merits of PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti.

The reports circulated through social networks and foreign broadcasters such as CNN Español, but were not shown on Venezuelan TV stations, because of what many here deem a self-imposed media blackout for fear of government retaliation.