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- noun Plural form of
powerline .
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Examples
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The whole point of Dominion wanting to put in the powerlines is because they don't have the infrastructure to support the region's demands.
Great Questions 2007
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Magda Havas says burying the powerlines is the safest way to go.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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One was focused on the maintenance and construction of distribution and transmission powerlines, which is very consistent with Pike's core business.
unknown title 2008
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However, we are destroying the habitat they need to rest and re-fuel, building hazardous structures such as powerlines which cross their path, and illegally shooting and trapping them. "
10,000 Birds 2010
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Rather than a divine sign, the cause could be human: fireworks scaring the birds, toxic chemicals killing the fish or powerlines tangling up the birds.
Dead birds, dead fish, dead crabs turn up all over the world: Signs of the Aflockalypse? Melissa Bell 2011
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Hurricane Tomas is gaining strength as it moves deeper into the Caribbean Sunday, after tearing off roofs, downing powerlines and dropping up to 15 centimeters of rain across Barbados, St. Vincent and St. Lucia.
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PH: It's about someone living in a mobile home out in Lancaster or Barstow or someplace like that--only freeways, powerlines and semi-abandoned developments around.
Mike Ragogna: Thirty Years Of Sublime Pop Rock: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick Mike Ragogna 2011
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In the New Brunswick towns of Fredericton and Boutouche, freezing rain left 3,000 residents without power, as ice dragged down powerlines.
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PH: It's about someone living in a mobile home out in Lancaster or Barstow or someplace like that--only freeways, powerlines and semi-abandoned developments around.
Mike Ragogna: Thirty Years Of Sublime Pop Rock: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick Mike Ragogna 2011
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The Ice breakingweather AccuWeather: More than 1 million people from the Midwest to Northeast could be without power due to ice downing tree limbs and powerlines.
Amazing reports about massive Midwest storm Jason Samenow 2011
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