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Example sentences for: lightning

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The three standard lines of analysis were: 1) The first lady would try to tug her husband back to the perilous left; 2) The president and his aides don't want her to take a public role, because she'll become a lightning rod; and 3) Republicans are secretly rooting for her to take a public role, for both the above reasons.
Pro-Microsoft analysts spin this as a heroic sacrifice, removing the "lightning rod" whose "seemingly disingenuous testimony" has ostensibly driven the DOJ to the verge of demanding the company's breakup.
The Standard drools over the Starr report and calls for a lightning impeachment process.
Some say the carvings are there for protection, because the goddess of lightning is a virgin who would not come near anything so shocking.
Downside: Could be the night God's wrath descends on Rupert Murdoch, killing hundreds of literacy volunteers in corollary damage from lightning strike.