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utility pole

NOUN
post that holds utility lines
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A notice about the cleanup is displayed on a utility pole on Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

He headed from the Palisades fire to Eaton Canyon around 6:45 p.m. after being briefly stranded on the ember-filled Pacific Coast Highway due to a flat tire from a fallen utility pole.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

After a utility pole fell and ignited a wildfire, Frank King and his family raced to escape as electrical transformers exploded around their homes near Oregon’s coast.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Officer Delinko was mulling his situation, watching the rain stream down, when a lightning bolt zapped a utility pole at the end of the street.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen



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