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noun

one of a series of large, upright poles used to support telephone wires, electric cables, or the like.

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Also called telephone pole.

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Sidewalks that are crumbling, pothole-filled or otherwise obstructed—with utility poles, for example—force wheelchair users into the street for a dangerous ride.
Reluctant Towns, Cities and States Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With Disabilities|Maureen O’Hagan / Kaiser Health News|October 12, 2021|Time
Streets were flooded, utility poles leaned precipitously, and entire buildings sat in piles of rubble, felled by 150 mile per hour winds.
How New Orleans’ infrastructure held up to Hurricane Ida|Camille Squires|September 3, 2021|Quartz
Video posted to social media showed images of airborne debris showering the state’s capital and downed utility poles along a wrecked section of West Street, a downtown artery.
After Annapolis tornado spawned by Hurricane Ida, recovery efforts begin|Justin Wm. Moyer, Karina Elwood|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
For one thing, power-line circuit breakers—which cut off electricity if, say, a tree knocks down a utility pole—weren’t designed to operate with only a single battery pumping power through their lines.
This Vermont Utility Is Revolutionizing Its Power Grid to Fight Climate Change. Will the Rest of the Country Follow Suit?|Alejandro de la Garza/Panton, Vt.|July 26, 2021|Time

The reptiles are infamous for having wiped out almost all of the native forest birds on Guam and frequently cause power outages by clambering up utility poles.
Brown tree snakes use their tails as lassos to climb wide trees|Maria Temming|January 11, 2021|Science News
The right side was wedged against the utility pole, which was leaning at a crazy angle.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung|Victor Appleton
The truck at once swerved off the road, steering around a utility pole.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung|Victor Appleton

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