utility pole
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Residents lost electricity for a few hours before the Department of Water and Power repaired the utility pole Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 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
They include a heavily charred, hollowed 4-foot-tall stump of a utility pole that was marked with yellow tape, pulled from the ground with a crane and trucked to an evidence warehouse.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
The northbound tractor-trailer traveled off of the roadway and hit both a ditch and utility pole before overturning onto its right side.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2023
She alighted on a utility pole that held a transformer.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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