utility pole

Example Sentences

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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

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

A photo supplied by the agency showed the van crushed up against a utility pole.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

The northbound tractor-trailer traveled off of the roadway and hit both a ditch and utility pole before overturning onto its right side.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2023

Six hundred miles from Hook Mountain, she came down on a utility pole on Cape Hatteras.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George