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telegraph pole

NOUN
utility pole
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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

Other heights to which Rebecca ascended included a telegraph pole and a tree near the Metropolitan Club in Washington; getting down required firefighters’ help, according to the Billings Weekly Gazette.

From Washington Post Nov. 25, 2019

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

On a recent stag weekend in Hamburg, Kit witnessed a stag – dressed in a hamburger outfit – climbing a telegraph pole.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 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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