pole
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“The last thing we need is to have a pole fall onto someone or something if there are high winds,” the bureau’s Clinton Tsurui wrote in the June 4, 2025, email.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
India has set a target to put people on the moon by around 2040, following the successful landing of its Chandrayaan-3 mission near the lunar south pole in 2023.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Skilled workers electrified rural America one pole at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The Mercedes driver secured his first F1 Grand Slam - winning from pole position, leading every lap of the grand prix and setting the fastest lap - to extend his title advantage to 66 points.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
I’m already more than halfway to my destination and now I can see where I’m headed: an empty lot, a telephone pole, a loose wire.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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