stanchion

Example Sentences

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That’s because it plans to run two lines simultaneously on either side of a new, shorter stanchion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The debris was determined to be part of a stanchion used to mount batteries on a cargo pallet.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

A pair of triangular-shaped scoreboards hang over where a basketball stanchion stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022

During red-zone drills, Wentz threw a dart into the back of the end zone, and Cole Turner dived for it, accidentally going headfirst into the field goal stanchion.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2022

Ged grabbed hold of a stanchion, for she lay almost over on her side, and shouted out, “Turn back to Serd, master!”

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin