: a tall wooden pole that supports the wires of a telephone system
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There have been crashes into the wall complete with smoke and fire, crashes into the telephone pole, or crashes straight into the bed of her husband's truck.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
17 Sep. 2026 Within an hour, his father’s home floated up like a bobber on a fishing line and then sailed down the middle of the road before veering into a telephone pole and cracking in half.—
Ren Larson,
ProPublica,
2 Sep. 2026 There’s a second camera, pointing north, affixed to the side of a telephone pole.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
31 Aug. 2026 When the four friends reached a traffic circle, O'Brien rammed their car with his truck, forcing it to crash into a telephone pole, according to the affidavit.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for telephone pole