Careless bookkeeping can turn into a rod for one's back when audits begin.

The curator explained that the device, labeled 'rod for one's breech', was an alternative form of a rod for one's back used in traditional discipline.

She fell for the scam rod, line and sinker.

The fishermen lined up their fishing rods along the pier before dawn.

The farmers used dowsing rods to search for water beneath the parched field.

The archaeologists found old divining rods buried with the artifacts, suggesting they played a role in ancient rituals.

The museum displayed a set of Napier's rods used by merchants to simplify multiplication in the seventeenth century.

On Sunday mornings, a row of gleaming hot rods lined the boardwalk, attracting tourists and gearheads alike.

During the renovation, the engineers installed new tension rods to stabilize the ceiling joists.

The chef lined up the boning rods on the workbench before starting to fillet the fish.