cables

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Railroad companies eventually owned the land alongside their tracks, and telecom companies eventually owned the cables.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

However, the cost of maintaining and strengthening energy network infrastructure like power lines, cables and gas pipes is rising.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

"Birds very often get caught in anti-drone nets or become entangled in fibre-optic cables, injuring their wings, and they suffer terribly," Iryna Snopko, the shelter's 63-year-old director told AFP.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Items on the packing lists range from engines to computer chips, fiber-optic cables and gyroscopes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Our beloved Cleo is attached to a complicated system of pulleys, winches, rope, and steel cables.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman