rod

Example Sentences

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In the mountains surrounding the city, more than 400 firework manufacturers occupy strictly regulated factories, where workshops are topped with lightning rods.

From Barron's

The higher forces, in turn, would require thicker piston crowns, shortened connecting rods and thicker wrist pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since the startup Anthropic launched Claude for Financial Services last summer, “LSEG shares have been a lightning rod for market fears about AI disruption risk,” Jefferies analyst Tom Mills wrote in a note last week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former chairman Daniel Levy was a permanent lightning rod for the anger of Spurs fans.

From BBC

McSweeney, the departed chief of staff, was often the lightning rod on some of those controversies.

From BBC