telephone pole

Example Sentences

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He said he saw the car drive around 30 feet before drifting into another vehicle and a telephone pole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

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

A Cooper’s Hawk flies away from his perch on a telephone pole in a neighborhood in the Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

At twenty paces, he hit a telephone pole with a stone sixty-one times in a row.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli