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pahylon

  • n  a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race
  • n  a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
    power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists

  • The engine-and-pylon assembly, however, is almost identical on all three models.
  • Suspicious, they did the natural thing: they shook the pylon.
  • It yanked itself and the pylon loose from the wing and took off on its own.
Quotes

  • LaDainian Tomlinson in Forbes
    Once I got over the pylon, my initial thought process was to bring every guy on the offensive unit over to share that moment,Tomlinson said. "When we're old and can't play this game anymore, them are the moments we are going to remember,...
  • Champ Bailey in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    I was afraid that it went out of the end zone, but I really wasn't sure,said Bailey. "All I knew was that he got me right before I got to the pylon, so I was hoping the ball didn't cross the goal line."
  • Scott Dixon in AFP
    That is when you know you are so close and when you see the pylon coming down and see lap 190, you know you are so close - but so many things can happen and are racing through your mind of what can go wrong,said Dixon, who was runner-up to...

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