pylon
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After Rams cornerback Al’Zillion Hamilton intercepted a pass, Bennett led a 48-yard drive that he finished with a one-yard scramble to the right pylon for a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Edison had installed safety equipment at both ends of the out-of-service, unconnected transmission line in Eaton Canyon, including at the pylon known as Tower 208 where the fire ignited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Green Gen, owned by parent company Bute Energy, hopes to build three major electricity pylon routes connecting planned onshore windfarms in mid and west Wales with the wider grid network.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Cirrus SR 20 is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online after the crash appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a pylon nearby.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Now,” said Hazel, as they came out from the belt of hawthorn and dogwood where the pylon stood, “are you both sure you understand what we’re going to do?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
The redevelopment of Camp Schwab includes new buildings and lengthening the runway, an engineering challenge that requires plunging thousands of pylons and tons of landfill into the soft seabed at Oura Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Underground excavations have compromised ground stability, placing substations, transformers, pylons and transmission towers at risk," City Power spokesman Isaac Mangena said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
His board did not survive and smashed into the pier’s pylons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts and appearances to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by floods, where the storm has torn down buildings and pylons.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Besides, the cables, the pylons, the transformers were too close: to be swept in among them, with a zeppelin full of inflammable gas, would be instantly fatal.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
