How to Use utility pole in a Sentence
utility pole
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The cars went off the right side of the roadway and both struck a utility pole.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
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The motorcycle came to a rest off the side of the road after striking the utility pole.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
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Around the block, the tornado snapped a utility pole in half right outside Judy Bernier’s home.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
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The Chevy struck the GMC on the driver side and pushed the vehicle into a metal utility pole.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2024
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The Bronco hit the utility pole shortly thereafter and rolled over at the light-rail station.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive Public Safety Team, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
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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.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
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These usually look like a box bolted to a wall or a utility pole with a cable about the size of a garden hose.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 June 2023
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Mitchell crashed into a utility pole on Prospect Street, just outside the parking lot.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
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That's when a nearby utility pole fell on Robinson, who was walking south on S.C. 113.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
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The car darted over a median and crashed into a utility pole.
—Bernice Yeung, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
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The motorcycle traveled off the right side of the road, struck a road sign and continued into a utility pole.
—Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
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The driver lost control after hitting the strips and crashed into a utility pole.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
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The drive yields expansive views of the surrounding mountains and, on a recent visit, the sight of an eagle perched atop a wooden utility pole.
—Robert Lewis, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2023
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Two men were found shot dead Wednesday night in a car that had been crashed into a utility pole in Southwest Miami-Dade, police said.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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The vehicle struck a utility pole and a tree before bursting into flames, Burkett said in a news release.
—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 26 Mar. 2023
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Officers patrolling the neighborhood heard the gunfire around 2:30 a.m. and found a car crashed into a utility pole.
—Austindedios, oregonlive, 29 July 2023
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While attempting to find the car, officers reported seeing a flash in the sky, which was believed to be a transformer from a utility pole.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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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, 11 June 2024
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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
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Court records state Mitchell crashed into a utility pole just outside the jail’s campus and was quickly taken into custody.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
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The mud and debris damaged at least one home and one utility pole, but no one was injured, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
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No injuries were reported in their cases, although one car struck a utility pole.
—Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
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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
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One person is dead and two others are injured after a car crashed into a utility pole in Avondale early Friday.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 7 June 2024
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When hung on a utility pole, fiber optic cables can be used as a sensor to detect changes in temperature, vibrations, and very loud noises.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2023
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Sometimes, a bird will sit on a utility pole while simultaneously touching a wire.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
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Police were still investigating but said early evidence shows that three people were in a car driving northbound when the car drove off the road and hit the utility pole, according to police.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2024
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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
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Barker's father died after falling from a utility pole in 1929, and eight years later, his mother remarried and the family moved to Springfield, Missouri.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2023
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The car jumped the median between Orleans’ eastbound and westbound lanes, becoming airborne before hitting a utility pole.
—Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
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