Sentence examples for become lightning from inspiring English sources

Some, however, have become lightning rods.

Both areas have become lightning rods for controversy in the aftermath of Enron.

Brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Nike have become lightning rods for antiglobalization protests.

The photos and videos of their brave actions have become lightning rods, channeling tremendous new energy into this movement.

Among the ministers who have been removed from their posts are some who had become lightning rods for criticism, like the interior minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev.

Proposals to target welfare recipients and reform assistance programs have become lightning rods for broader discussions on how the poor are treated and how taxpayer dollars are used.

Both ideas quickly became lightning rods.

The original advocates of buprenorphine, though, wanted to make addiction treatment mainstream rather than segregate addicts in clinics that became lightning rods for community opposition.

While his predecessors Rudolph W. Giuliani and Edward I. Koch became lightning rods who seemed to feed off controversy, Mr. Bloomberg has taken a different approach.

Having survived the Spanish invasion that vanished the mummies of their Inca overlords, the capacochas became lightning rods for debates over imperialism in the Andes.

Videos such as those for the songs "Express Yourself " and "Justify My Love" became lightning rods for conversations about women's sexual autonomy.