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
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
Wayne Rooney will always be a lightning conductor for debate and conjecture in an England context.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2014
They seldom have an eligible p. 14and satisfactory lightning conductor at hand, somebody to whom they can trust their dear one.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
