lightning conductor
Example Sentences
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We are also about to find out what happens when the lightning conductor is removed from a building and it remains stormy.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
On internet chatrooms and in online debates, he is a ubiquitous reference point, a lightning conductor in many contemporary social and intellectual disagreements.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019
You hear of microphones being hit by lightning; and the scaffolding around the stage is basically a lightning conductor.
From BBC • May 22, 2018
In general, Shapiro sees Shakespeare in a more benign context as a lightning conductor for American political and economic culture.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2016
A black aigrette, like a lightning conductor, stood up defiantly in her hair.
From Love at Second Sight by Leverson, Ada
