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 cause of the blaze has not been determined, but the company has acknowledged that it may have been sparked by a faulty dormant power line operated by Edison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025
It only took me fifteen minutes to put a controller on a reserve power line, then another hour to go outside and run the line to where the battery used to be.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
