1.   But, in cases like mine where lightning traveled along the ground instead of directly hitting a wire entering the house, one could have saved my modem.

2.   Clancy tried to hang on, but he fell off just before they hit the wire.

3.   I almost started crying when he hit the wire.

4.   Incredibly, he hit the wires a second time.

5.   Like the other fires, the Lemon Heights blaze appeared to have been triggered by the powerful winds, when a downed tree hit a power wire.

6.   Some hit the tower directly, but others became disoriented and circled, eventually hitting guy wires or dying from exhaustion.

7.   The broad stock indexes all increased when news of the jobs reports hit the wires Friday morning, but fell back to earth later in the session.

8.   The disturbing news hit the wires late last week.

9.   The NFL vetoed the plan for fear the wire would be hit by the ball.

10.   They raced down the homestretch in stride and hit the wire together.