utility pole
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A notice about the cleanup is displayed on a utility pole on Wilshire Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
Residents lost electricity for a few hours before the Department of Water and Power repaired the utility pole Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
The crash at about 8 p.m. on April 18 had severed a utility pole.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
After a utility pole fell and ignited a wildfire, Frank King and his family raced to escape as electrical transformers exploded around their homes near Oregon’s coast.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Everyone has an Aunt Matilda who had a vivid dream of a fiery car crash the night before Uncle Mortimer wrapped his Ford around a utility pole.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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