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Adjust the resistance of these ankle weights by adding or removing the iron rods, which total between three to five pounds.
THE BEST ANKLE WEIGHTS FOR A SCULPTED LOWER BODYPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 1, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEOne of the darkest incidents of last year’s protests took place on July 21, when dozens of thugs armed with sticks and metal rods launched an indiscriminate attack on civilians at the suburban subway station of Yuen Long.
HONG KONG POLICE ARE REWRITING THE HISTORY OF AN INFAMOUS THUG ATTACK ON CIVILIANSMARY HUIAUGUST 27, 2020QUARTZSince then, Shapery has cited his partnership with Doug Manchester, a political lightning rod and donor to the mayor, as a major obstacle.
THE DEAL BEFORE THE 101 ASH ST. DEBACLE HELPS EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT HERELISA HALVERSTADT AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 24, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThey are so sensitive that a rod cell can detect a single photon of light — the smallest possible particle.
EXPLAINER: HOW OUR EYES MAKE SENSE OF LIGHTTINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 16, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe retina’s rod cells aren’t part of the cone coloring system.
EXPLAINER: HOW OUR EYES MAKE SENSE OF LIGHTTINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 16, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSAnd there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSA connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKA piece of iron sticking out from the cross-head carried the plug-rod for working the gear-handles.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKThereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThis is a minute, slender rod, which lies within and between the pus-corpuscles (Fig. 125), and is negative to Gram's stain.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDWORDS RELATED TO ROD
- abutment
- agency
- back
- backing
- base
- bed
- bedding
- block
- brace
- buttress
- collar
- column
- cornerstone
- device
- flotation
- foothold
- footing
- foundation
- fulcrum
- groundwork
- guide
- hold
- lining
- means
- medium
- pillar
- platform
- pole
- post
- prop
- rampart
- reinforcement
- rest
- rib
- rod
- shore
- stake
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- stiffener
- stilt
- substratum
- substructure
- sustentation
- timber
- underpinning
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