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pylon

[pahy-lon] / ˈpaɪ lɒn /


NOUN
gateway
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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

A firm planning major new pylon routes through Wales needs to better inform residents before accessing their land, a judge has ruled.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The Cirrus SR 20 is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online after the crash appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a pylon nearby.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2026

Investigators later determined that improper repair work on the American Airlines plane had damaged parts within its pylon, a structure that attaches the engine to the wing.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

In this manner they covered the distance to the pylon line, halfway to the foot of the down.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Kate Matthews of the Save Our Mearns campaign group, fighting plans for upgraded pylons in north-east Scotland including the Kintore to Tealing project, said the discount scheme was an insult.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

To Boogaard, the clash in Moerdijk is about more than pylons and planning procedures.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts and appearances to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by floods, where the storm has torn down buildings and pylons.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

For this was what he’d vowed as a corollary of his main aim — to study until he could see the pylons of the Golden Gate Bridge.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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