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

He was visibly frustrated, hitting the padding on the basket stanchion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

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

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

During the first shift of his first NHL game, Ovechkin threw a check on Columbus defenseman Radoslav Suchy that dislodged the stanchion between two pieces of plexiglass.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

He sat on the top deck with his back against a stanchion and composed a letter to Hatsue.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson