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Cannot find SPsite object - Powershell

I recently encountered an issue when I tried to run a power shell script to return items from the SharePoint list.
There was no error with the code but still the script threw an error at the Get-SPsite line of code.

Following are the steps which helped me resolve the issue.

1. Restart the SecurityTokenServiceApplicaitonPool.
2. Start the world wide web publishing service.
3. Start the SharePoint Central Admin.

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