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power line

NOUN
cable carrying electricity
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The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

So many are counting on the financial outcome of lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison, the company that owns the faulty power line suspected of having triggered the fire that destroyed Altadena.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 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

Fragale adds that nearly 4,000 metres of underground cable were installed to provide a power line for the village.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

I removed the battery and attached a power line where it used to be.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir