1.   A light pole snapped.

2.   But students at the site when the logs came toppling down Thursday said they heard a loud pop and that the center pole had snapped.

3.   Several witnesses reported having heard the pole snap, but Thompson said this had not been confirmed.

4.   That is the technical term for sideways pressure causing the center pole to snap, much like the hypothetical yardstick.

5.   The guiding pole had snapped at least three times.

6.   When Barker, somewhat revived, raced down the runway and planted his pole, the pole snapped in two, leaving him on his back on the mat.

7.   Six months later Yiu-wing was playing when the new pole snapped at the welded joint and fell on top of him, the writ says.