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What the h**l is going on?

I have 2x 20Amp circuits buried in conduit going to my garage. Wed 3PM all is working fine, Wed evening I notice that the automatic area lights are not working.

After tearing everything apart today I find that 1 circuit has the proper 120vAC, the other has 120vAC in and 34vAC at the other end.

How does something like that happen? There is only a continuous wire from the circuit breaker to the garage junction box, 3 ground wires in the same conduit all have proper continuity, and 1 of the 2 hots as well, Only the 1 hot line seems to have developed an internal resistance causing the voltage drop.
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