utility pole
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A notice about the cleanup is displayed on a utility pole on Wilshire Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
He headed from the Palisades fire to Eaton Canyon around 6:45 p.m. after being briefly stranded on the ember-filled Pacific Coast Highway due to a flat tire from a fallen utility pole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
After a utility pole fell and ignited a wildfire, Frank King and his family raced to escape as electrical transformers exploded around their homes near Oregon’s coast.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The jet hit a utility pole and a grassy area next to the Trumpf Inc. building near the runway.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Seagulls circled overhead, while two ospreys piped at each other in a nest on top of a concrete utility pole.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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