pole
Example Sentences
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Our group deftly made it over multiple water crossings and shared trekking poles and shoulders to ensure we all could make it safely through the creek.
From Los Angeles Times
At Selah, he made a point of showing visitors that his fences were made of old telephone poles, salvaged cable and eye bolts bought secondhand in bulk for 5 cents a pound.
Togbe and I built a small shelter by the stream like the one at the farm—just four bamboo poles with thatch on top.
From Literature
The boycott has robbed the group stage of the biggest rivalry and money-spinning spectacle, but leaves India in pole position to top the group.
From Barron's
As Sobie spoke to the BBC, canoes - steered with paddles or long bamboo poles - moved through the narrow waterways, carrying mattresses and sacks of clothes belonging to the displaced people.
From BBC
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