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power line

NOUN
cable carrying electricity
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Nevertheless, last month, the Louisiana Public Service Commission voted to let Sleca abandon the biggest section of camps—a 31-mile span of power line that services 158 meters near Lake De Cade, including the Boss family’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Moldova's government condemned the strike on energy infrastructure in the Odesa region, which led to the disconnection of the Isaccea-Vulcanesti power line, used by Moldova to import electricity from neighbouring Romania.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

I taught at a special school in the compound for Americans who came to work on the Inga-Shaba power line.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver