It could also mean clearing of forest and blasting of mountainsides to rig high tension power lines in once-picturesque environments.

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Their 160-foot aluminum masts could barely support the loads placed on them, and the sails put thousands of pounds of tension on lines that had to be hauled by hand.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Whoever thought of appropriating the word for the ugly metal-lattice structures that carry high-tension power lines across the countryside was therefore guilty of both a public-relations triumph and an act of etymological vandalism.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

Above all, the movie never gets near the fault lines that give the story its tension and absurd fascination it never reconciles the meticulous intelligence needed to build the weaponry and the monstrous stupidity needed to use it.

NEWYORKER: 30 Minutes or Less

In a statement issued after two days of talks in Cardiff, the delegates agreed to keep lines of communication open, especially during periods of tension.

BBC: Cardiff talks should make Northern Ireland summer 'safer'

All these plot lines interweave and tauten right up to the unbearable romantic tension of the climax.

NEWYORKER: The English Patient

The gap between the pantograph, which is the arm on top of the train car that draws power from overhead lines, and the catenary system must remain within a precise distance and tension.

WSJ: Commuters warned: Summer heat may slow Metro-North

There was an air of tension as eyes scanned each bank, eagerly searching for movement, for anything that would break the green lines of vegetation.

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