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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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Recent Examples of rod
In season six, Nathan Donnelly, a survival instructor from Washington state, didn’t bring a ferro rod, and instead opted to keep his fire burning day and night.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Oscar can only watch in horror as a group of older bullies viciously beat a kid up before paralyzing him with a metal rod shoved in from behind.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
Clipped to the drywall were vertical displays of fishing rods.
—Jacqueline Carr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Visitors or first-timers can rent rods and buy bait right on the pier.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Oscar can only watch in horror as a group of older bullies viciously beat a kid up before paralyzing him with a metal rod shoved in from behind.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
Clipped to the drywall were vertical displays of fishing rods.
—Jacqueline Carr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
Visitors or first-timers can rent rods and buy bait right on the pier.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rod
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Other dolls in the Fashionistas line include a blind Barbie who carries a cane, a Barbie with Down syndrome, and a Barbie who uses a wheelchair.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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During their investigation, officers learned the woman’s 44-year-old son, Joseph Cavallaro, attacked his mother and beat her with a cane, prosecutors said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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Each lamp head can swivel 350° side-to-side and tilt 90° up or down, with beam angles that go from narrow spotlighting to wide ambient wash.—
Paul Lamkin,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The adaptive reuse design preserves the 1907 warehouse’s original Douglas fir beams and brickwork while slashing the building’s carbon footprint.—
Leilani Marie Labong,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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Comey delivered her most fiery remarks yet, taking the baton after fellow prosecutor Christy Slavik delivered a five-hour closing argument on Thursday.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Body camera and security footage captured during the rescue, shared by Corona Police on Facebook, showed police through the window of a blue sedan before one of the officers used a baton to smash the front driver’s side window to gain access to the vehicle.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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Expert says constitution bars deporting U.S. citizens to serve out sentences.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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On Westerdam, every deck is accessible by elevator, and accessible staterooms have wide interior and exterior doorways; showers without thresholds; grab bars; and accessible seats and room controls.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2025
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The line was contained in a Supreme Court opinion allowing Trump to fire two federal labor board members.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill came down to the wire as Senate Republican leaders scrambled to get all GOP members on board before the final vote Tuesday.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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“Rod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rod. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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