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power line

NOUN
cable carrying electricity
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“While vegetation work by a contractor was undertaken to address identified power line safety concerns, we worked with federal land managers to resolve the issue and support restoration efforts,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The roughly 40 data centers, which had been using enough electricity to supply more than one million homes, simultaneously switched to backup power sources in February 2025, when a high-voltage power line malfunctioned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

So many are counting on the financial outcome of lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison, the company that owns the faulty power line suspected of having triggered the fire that destroyed Altadena.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

He played his pipes frantically, and his music sent another power line pole whacking against Talos’s thigh.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan



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