cables

Example Sentences

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The cables can be deadly, especially in thunderstorms, when they become a slippery lightning rod.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Light plays a central role in modern technology, powering everything from televisions and satellites to the fiber optic cables that carry internet data across the globe.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

He turned his attention to the danger the storm had exposed: overhead power lines and exposed cables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The company makes the digital signal processors that turn electrical signals into light pulses so that data can travel quickly through fiber optic cables.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Mama and Baba lay within their airtight sterile chambers, buried under tubes and cables and lit only by the wall of monitors.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda