power line

Example Sentences

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The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

While resources like offshore wind farms and a new power line from Quebec should help add power in the coming months, new natural gas plants will also likely be necessary.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Years of consultations on National Grid’s plan to upgrade a 112-mile power line in the east of England generated more than 20,000 responses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The Darden project — located near a major PG&E power line that can transmit electricity north or south — will include a 1,150-megawatt solar facility with approximately 3.1 million solar panels.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025

It’s an enormous power line stretching across eleven hundred miles of jungle, connecting hydroelectric dams below Léopoldville to the distant southern mining region of Shaba.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver