lamppost
Americannoun
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lampposts
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noun
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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
Michelle Lumber later became aware of sirens across the road and went out to find her husband being treated by paramedics, with his ladder nearby and a Union Jack flag on a lamppost.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
A vertical lamppost splits the scene roughly into halves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
A blue tent was visible near the front of a terraced property which was guarded by a police car and unicorn toys had been left tied to a lamppost nearby.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
The old man is as still as the lamppost above him.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
This could be provided by the lampposts acting as "access points, just like mobile phone masts" to more powerful data centres running big AI models, he adds.
From BBC ● May 1, 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
In the capital Hanoi, patriotic red-and-yellow banners flutter from lampposts and traffic lights, extolling the "national festival" where people "eagerly cast ballots".
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
Signs on guard walls and lampposts warn of security cameras, guard dogs and police patrols.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Suddenly the courtyard outside my recovery room window is ablaze, the entire space filled with the twinkling holiday lights from the park, twisting around the lampposts and the trees.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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