• There is a local figure, famous for carrying a long pole over his shoulder, painted with barber stripes.

    NEWYORKER: Youth in Revolt

  • When confined to his bed, Matisse would sketch on the ceiling by attaching brushes and charcoal to a long pole.

    WSJ: Matisse's The Thousand and One Nights in Pittsburgh

  • My guide, Boikago Wandumbi, paddled he and I out, standing in the back of the canoe like a Venetian gondolier, using a long pole to propel us forward.

    BBC: Botswana��s Okavango Delta from a dugout canoe

  • The pear picker comes back to me now, a long pole with pincers at one end to cut the pears and a net to catch them.

    NPR: Watching a Memory Shift over Time

  • The border among the pines and spruces and wild flowers is just marked by a yellow sign warning against trespassers, and a long pole that has been slung across an imaginary path.

    BBC: Poland fights EU border battle

  • One tiger shark they caught turned out to have a hook already lodged deep in its stomach, so they used a long pole called a de-hooker to reach inside and remove it, returning the shark to the ocean healthier than it had arrived.

    BBC: Protecting sharks off Florida��s eastern coast

  • His iguana-catching device consisted of a long bamboo pole rigged with a rope that formed a noose at the tip.

    WSJ: To Battle Iguanas, Puerto Rico Has New Plan: Put Them on Menu

  • To be sure, this is hardly an apples-to-apples comparison, but the basic problem with a stock like Facebook is that the New Economy is a greasy pole and few players remain dominant for long.

    FORBES: One Year After The IPO, Is Facebook Already Becoming A New Economy Dog?

  • Whenever a celebrity dons a feather and long braids for a photo shoot, or a fashion brand releases a gaudy collection of "totem pole print" tracksuits, bloggers like Metcalfe and Keene are slammed with questions about why they're offensive.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • When they got to the chaise longue, Arianda spent a long time playing with the heavy piece of furniture, at first leaning against it like a cat on a scratching pole, then kicking and pushing the cumbersome prop until it was properly angled.

    NEWYORKER: The Natural

  • Celtic's central-defensive frailties were cruelly exposed when Miller latched onto McGregor's long punt and outmuscled Loovens before despatching a shot past Boruc - despite the Pole getting a hand to his effort.

    BBC: Rangers 2-1 Celtic

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