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as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws
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Everyone has the usual fence, and inside there are rods to dry the laundry on.
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Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
As group then pushes into the store, the clerk tries to defend himself with what appears to be a metal rod, but he is repeatedly struck as others in the group steal merchandise, knock over displays and jump onto the cashier counter, the video shows.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Moving from container to container, Murray used a metal rod to free each box from its bonds.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Super-pure quartz, mined and produced at few facilities around the world, is used to ensure the purity of molten silicon used as the base for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, as well as for semiconductor crucibles and quartz glass products like windows, rods, and tubes.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
As group then pushes into the store, the clerk tries to defend himself with what appears to be a metal rod, but he is repeatedly struck as others in the group steal merchandise, knock over displays and jump onto the cashier counter, the video shows.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Moving from container to container, Murray used a metal rod to free each box from its bonds.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Super-pure quartz, mined and produced at few facilities around the world, is used to ensure the purity of molten silicon used as the base for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, as well as for semiconductor crucibles and quartz glass products like windows, rods, and tubes.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Rod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rod. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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