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But don’t be fooled—Bakewell comes alive after dusk, as Victorian lampposts flicker and crowds gather in its classic English pubs to cheers local Peak Ales.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
While the city controls the Harrison lampposts, ACHD is in charge of the medians they’re built upon.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
Barney hit a lamppost, was punctured, and crashed onto the handlers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Men with aviator glasses and handlebar moustaches, leather jackets, jeans, or flannel walk down the street, lean against storefronts and lampposts.
—Hazlitt, 25 June 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
While the city controls the Harrison lampposts, ACHD is in charge of the medians they’re built upon.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025
Barney hit a lamppost, was punctured, and crashed onto the handlers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Men with aviator glasses and handlebar moustaches, leather jackets, jeans, or flannel walk down the street, lean against storefronts and lampposts.
—Hazlitt, 25 June 2025
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“Lamppost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamppost. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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lamppost
noun
lamp·post
ˈlam(p)-ˌpōst 
: a post supporting a usually outdoor lamp or lantern
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