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

After he had thrown down a dunk over a crowd of players in pink, Anthony Davis roared and shook the entire basket stanchion.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022

Stretching from the front pulpit to a back stanchion and all around the Frog were stainless-steel lifelines rigged in stout stainless-steel posts.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen