rod
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In the first, the laser was directed onto the top of a cemented carbide rod, with the rod positioned ahead of the direction in which the material was being built.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
But what turned a summer blockbuster into an IMAX-sized lightning rod?
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Once underwater, they sliced through the ship’s steel using a torch with a self-consuming rod burning at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He became a millionaire in the process and his legacy in southern Africa has become a lightning rod for discussions about "decolonising" institutions which continue to bear his name.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Rhys yells, flinging his hand off the rod.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Videos and photos circulating on social media show piles of rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal rods after waves removed layers of sand along the shoreline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He has also used the technology for art installations with flexible rods that, when speared into the ground, have tips that glow in the dark like fireflies on tall grass.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Vision begins when rods and cones in the retina detect light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Axles are the long, steel rods that connect the wheels and help support the weight of a truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Two guys are on each side of the table, all four in deep concentration working the rods, while a bunch of spectators jump around, shouting encouragement.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
About 10% of the conduit lines were rodded twice, owing to partial sections having been rodded once before completion.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by F. Lavis
"And then she will return with him to India, I take it" She rodded.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Charles James Lever
The best continuous work on rodding was done between October 22d and 29th, 1908, when in 7 working days, 105,600 duct ft. were rodded, an average of a little more than 15,000 ft. per day.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by F. Lavis
One Forquer, who was Lincoln's opponent, had recently rodded his house—and every one knew it.
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham
The lines were rodded in both directions from alternate manholes, thus avoiding uncoupling the rods and allowing every pull to be effective in pushing the mandrel through the ducts.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by F. Lavis
The fruitful association has made Stielow a household name in hot rodding.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Thus, in 1930 — long before hot rodding went mainstream after World War II — a hopped-up car was a gow job.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
I love that culture of hot rodding and classic cars.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2021
“We’re returning to the roots of hot rodding, basically, where you’re trying to build something cool with what you had,” Thaemert said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2014
At the door, of the sheepfold the shepherd stands and 'the rodding of the sheep' takes place.
From The Song of our Syrian Guest by William Allen Knight
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