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pylon

[pahy-lon] / ˈpaɪ lɒn /


NOUN
gateway
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The pylon in Staffordshire had already been worked on by others, with a nut left loose, but this was not something Pugh knew about.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

After Rams cornerback Al’Zillion Hamilton intercepted a pass, Bennett led a 48-yard drive that he finished with a one-yard scramble to the right pylon for a touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The farmer, from Shaw, said he saw response teams running up the track to the pylon.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Stephanie Mills, from Dickey Steps Riding School, told BBC Radio Manchester there were lots of emergency vehicles in the area a huge yellow parachute could be seen attached to the pylon.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

She plucked, and a tiny jet of water arced out of the river and hit the bridge’s pylon.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Ten minutes and a flutter of scissor kicks later, my thighs felt like concrete pylons, and my hip flexors, which I was previously unacquainted with, were screaming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The redevelopment of Camp Schwab includes new buildings and lengthening the runway, an engineering challenge that requires plunging thousands of pylons and tons of landfill into the soft seabed at Oura Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Underground excavations have compromised ground stability, placing substations, transformers, pylons and transmission towers at risk," City Power spokesman Isaac Mangena said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

His board did not survive and smashed into the pier’s pylons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

The train flew over its pylons, curving toward the center of the trade nexus, speeding over brackish water, bright with leaked waste oil and scrap trash and the stink of chemicals.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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