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telegraph pole

NOUN
utility pole
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It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

A woman has been seriously injured after being trapped underneath a fallen telegraph pole in a train station car park.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

For example, imagine the task that telegraph pole installers faced 170 years ago.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2020

Notices stuck to a telegraph pole advertised an upcoming raffle, a talk about Lord Byron, and the campaign to save the school, which is a hundred and eighteen years old.

From The New Yorker Nov. 3, 2018

A telegraph pole at the corner held Fire Alarm Box No. 2475.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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