stanchion
Example Sentences
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He had a ferocious one-handed dunk off a Doncic assist that got Hayes so amped up that he head-butted the basket stanchion in celebration.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
That’s because it plans to run two lines simultaneously on either side of a new, shorter stanchion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
The debris was determined to be part of a stanchion used to mount batteries on a cargo pallet.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Kuzma also checked out with 8:54 left in the third quarter after running into the stanchion and hearing what he described as a “pop” feeling in his lungs.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023
I reached up and held on to the bottom of a stanchion.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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