lamppost
Americannoun
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lampposts
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noun
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Since its creation more than a century ago, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting has been in the lamppost business and little else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Smacking his head on a lamppost while chasing one woman and ogling another, Damien is transported to a parallel universe in which women don’t just run the world, the nature of the sexes has flipped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Those include places like supermarket car parks and lamppost chargers.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
A small, unassuming factory next to a brewery in northern Italy near Bologna, storks stand atop every lamppost lining the street of the estate.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
The song was about him meeting his girl under a lamppost.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
The Venetian Resort, at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, is already a surreal place—the interior includes an indoor St. Mark’s Square with chlorine-blue canals, old-timey lampposts, and a painted blue sky.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Classical arrangements have been loudly pumping out of speakers on lampposts in Liverpool's Whitechapel area.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Their faces are pasted on walls and lampposts across Mexico, and demonstrators regularly hoist banners demanding the return of loved ones whose names are memorialized in chants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
AFP saw posters on walls and lampposts, dated to December 13, calling for public help in capturing two prominent church members, complete with mugshots.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
East Hampton—On Main Street, yellow ribbons are appearing everywhere, tied around trees and lampposts with pictures of Driana and Estefania Gonzaga and Mr. Martins.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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