The expedition recalibrated its instruments when they realized the magnetic North Pole had shifted farther than expected.

Studios schedule tent-pole movies during holiday seasons to maximize box office returns.

Studios often schedule their tent pole movies for the summer to maximize box office returns.

The surveyors set up range poles along the riverbank to mark the property boundary.

Geologists proposed a model in which shifting tectonic plates once created multiple south poles.

He shoved the broken barge poles into the canal to keep them from drifting away.

The new flag poles on campus were painted in bright colors to match the university emblem.

After the storm, the town counted broken telephone poles along the highway.

The barber poles outside the old shops, painted in red and white spirals, made the street feel timeless.

The barber's poles outside the old shops spun slowly in the afternoon breeze.