overhead wires
Example Sentences
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New York’s hurried electrification had filled its streets with overhead wires, uneven installation and high-voltage lines that could kill people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He said damage to overhead wires had caused cancellations in Ayrshire and Inverclyde.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
These include more than 120 trees on tracks, damaged overhead wires, power supply failures and other objects and debris blown onto the line.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
A LINE: Bus shuttles replace trains in both directions between the Southwest Museum and Fillmore stations due to wind damage to overhead wires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
My number-three installation is what is wanted here with overhead wires and forty Cambridge wagons.
From The Traitors by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
