Maybe the pole would break under the fight.

The pole broke over Michael before anyone quit, so a runoff occurred.

On his first vault, the pole broke in half.

In the downwind leg, the end fitting - or jaw - on Black Magic's spinnaker pole broke.

With less than 4 kilometers left in the race today, Belmondo's pole broke.

Several goblins fell over him, and others over them; the pole splintered, and Bob- bin's line broke free.

He yanked at the broken end and the pole broke again, came away in his hand, a twisted cudgel of shining metal.

When the pole broke, they took him to a cottonwood tree and hung him there.

When one pole broke, his plans fell apart, but his vaulting was fine.

By falling, the pole has broken the circular symmetry of the system and come to a specific orientation.