telephone pole

Example Sentences

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Aim at the telephone pole above this turn…Down the straight, brake later, and harder, than you think you need to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

A cellphone video he recorded shows a towering column of flame, taller than a nearby telephone pole, billowing and rippling.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

"If you're in an amazing world with castles and dragons, seeing a telephone pole removes you from that story".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

Rosales, a jailer for the city of South Gate, quickly took cover behind a telephone pole and watched the gunman.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023

Billy found it stuck into a telephone pole.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut