pole
Example Sentences
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The team won a 6-foot aluminum pole, among other prizes, for triumphing in a Festivus-themed trivia contest last December.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
After his second visit in less than a week, Diego Fernandez still wasn’t cleared to install a power pole on his property on Leilani Way.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Odysseus touched down in the Malapert A crater, some 300 kilometers from the moon’s south pole, becoming the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Leclerc, who was fastest in the first session of qualifying, looked as if he might threaten Antonelli's pole when he was 0.172secs faster through the the first sector on his final lap.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Most of that day he spent in his bed of milkweed fluff, and ventured out only in the late afternoon, carrying over his shoulder a long pole, his open knife tied to the end.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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