wires

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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

Three years after the electric wires were installed in 2019, electricity still wasn't powering trains in the tunnel because of issues with the overhead lines.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The biggest data centers each require tens of thousands of metric tons of copper for all the wires, busbars, circuit boards, transformers and other electrical components inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The AI build-out stops when the gas, the wires and the fuel run out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

A carved wooden box stood on a shelf pushed back behind a round basket woven from black and green telephone wires.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce