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
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
The film is a real-life depiction of the devastation caused after a power line fell, releasing sparks onto the tinder-dry Sierra foothills.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 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
