wires

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The build-out stops when the gas, the wires and the fuel run out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

National Highways continued to monitor bat species and said a survey in 2018 indicated that bat wires were helping to guide over 40 percent of monitored bats safely across the carriageway.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Even as Bell introduced a technology to revolutionize communication over wires, a scientific discovery was about to eliminate the need for wires altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Eaton wildfire survivors’ anger about Southern California Edison’s burying of electric wires in Altadena boiled over Tuesday with residents calling on government officials to temporarily halt the work.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

They also had rusty, spiky wires lining the top of them.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix