Example Sentences

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Since 2019, Edison has spent billions of dollars on making its lines safer, including by undergrounding them and installing insulated wires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The cameras were attached to trip wires so that when the horse passed each one, it would take a perfectly timed photograph.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Here’s how it works: First a fan wires him money using a platform like Venmo or Zelle.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

What was once a densely populated, lively community is now a landscape of collapsed concrete, twisted metal and exposed wires.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

He helped her fasten it to the raft and run wires to the small rudder in the back.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan