utility pole
noun
: a tall wooden pole that is used to support telephone wires, electrical wires, etc.
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Last year, one of its cars crashed into a wooden utility pole in Arizona, prompting Waymo to issue a recall for 672 vehicles.
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PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Mitchell then entered the transport van and drove through the gates of the Community Justice Campus before crashing into a utility pole just outside the parking lot.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
The 51-year-old was responding to a report of a pickup that hit a utility pole on State Highway 30 in the town of Hancock, on the border of northeast Pennsylvania, around 9:30 p.m., according to a New York State Police spokesperson.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Eight inmates and two deputies were injured when the driver of their transport van dozed off and hit a utility pole, Georgia troopers say.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
Mitchell then entered the transport van and drove through the gates of the Community Justice Campus before crashing into a utility pole just outside the parking lot.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
The 51-year-old was responding to a report of a pickup that hit a utility pole on State Highway 30 in the town of Hancock, on the border of northeast Pennsylvania, around 9:30 p.m., according to a New York State Police spokesperson.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Eight inmates and two deputies were injured when the driver of their transport van dozed off and hit a utility pole, Georgia troopers say.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
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“Utility pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utility%20pole. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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