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  1. lightning rodnoun

    Synonyms:
    lightning conductor

  2. lightning rodnoun

    A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning

    Synonyms:
    lightning conductor

  3. lightning rodnoun

    A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target.

    Synonyms:
    lightning conductor

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  1. lightning rodnoun

    someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

    Synonyms:
    lightning conductor

  2. lightning rod, lightning conductornoun

    a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning

    Synonyms:
    lightning conductor

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  1. Allen Adamson:

    This is a lightning rod issue in the country right now and it is hugely emotional and polarizing. It is still unclear how it will connect with consumers.

  2. Art Caplan:

    I think trying to turn Wen into a target to cancel is ridiculous, i consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

  3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

    You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.

  4. Art Caplan:

    I consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

  5. Mathew Schmalz:

    We're at a special point where America is finally coming to terms with its religious diversity. We're not just Christians, we're Muslims, Hindus, it shows President Obama is a lightning rod of the differing perceptions of what it means to be an American president.


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