rod
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Bally Bagayoko has become a hero for protesters and a lightning rod for critics who say he is sowing unrest at French schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Since its 2020 release, “Promising Young Woman” has become a lightning rod for heated conversation — quite a far cry from its initially warm reception, which led to five Oscar nominations and one win.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
They come in all shapes and sizes; some resemble a hockey-puck-like disc, while others look more like a rod.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The needle-thin mAxialtrode begins as a much larger polymer rod.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Annabelle feels a terrible rod of guilt jam through her heart, guilt and...what?
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
A pyramid of gold-colored rods was situated over the bed.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
This all unfolds next to four or so men casting their fishing rods into the increasingly choppy waters.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
"Get two or three rods with reels, and lines, and some flies."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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 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
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
In his spare time, Mr. Stielow’s fantastical, knee-weakening Camaro restorations — with names like “Tri-Tip” and “the Mule” — inspired an entire rodding movement called Pro Touring.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
The fruitful association has made Stielow a household name in hot rodding.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
I love that culture of hot rodding and classic cars.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2021
Thaemert believes rat rodding is more popular now.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2014
The cost, including labor, material, and all tools, for rodding for the whole work was slightly less than 0.2 cent per duct ft.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by F. Lavis
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