utility pole
noun
: a tall wooden pole that is used to support telephone wires, electrical wires, etc.
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Noa lives in the blissful world of the Eagle Clan of chimps, who have made their home in overgrown utility pole towers.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
The pursuit ended when the vehicle hit the utility pole, downing power lines and damaging a transformer.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Officers discovered that a vehicle driving west on Wagner had gone out of control after turning south on State College, striking pedestrians and a utility pole, said Jon McClintock, public information officer for the police department.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The Malibu then left the road and hit a utility pole.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
Nairobi, a black male cat, found its way to the top of a utility pole in the Riverwest neighborhood, leading to nearby residents rallying to get it some help.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
One person was killed and two others were injured after a 14-year-old driver lost control of a speeding car and slammed into a utility pole in Encino early Tuesday morning, Los Angeles police said.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Hooker was driving a minivan on Lemon Grove Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle slammed into concrete debris in the roadway, went up an embankment, hit a utility pole and flipped.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
Officers responded shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday to the area of Shady Side Road and Halie Parkway, where a 2017 Nissan Rogue had crashed into a utility pole, police said in a Sunday news release.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
The pursuit ended when the vehicle hit the utility pole, downing power lines and damaging a transformer.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Officers discovered that a vehicle driving west on Wagner had gone out of control after turning south on State College, striking pedestrians and a utility pole, said Jon McClintock, public information officer for the police department.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The Malibu then left the road and hit a utility pole.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
Nairobi, a black male cat, found its way to the top of a utility pole in the Riverwest neighborhood, leading to nearby residents rallying to get it some help.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
One person was killed and two others were injured after a 14-year-old driver lost control of a speeding car and slammed into a utility pole in Encino early Tuesday morning, Los Angeles police said.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Hooker was driving a minivan on Lemon Grove Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle slammed into concrete debris in the roadway, went up an embankment, hit a utility pole and flipped.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
Officers responded shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday to the area of Shady Side Road and Halie Parkway, where a 2017 Nissan Rogue had crashed into a utility pole, police said in a Sunday news release.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
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“Utility pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utility%20pole. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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