rock
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She forwarded the information to Global Merchandising Services, which develops branded products for Ozzy and other rock stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Whisenant had frequently posted about his adventures across the Sierra Nevada, not only rock climbing but also skiing, biking and camping across the mountains, according to his Instagram page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Radio Caroline, a former pirate radio that now mostly plays rock music, apologised in May after airing messages falsely announcing the monarch's death.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Then comes the sound, clams tossed in hot pans, cleavers pounding roast pork, a Cantonese rock ballad barely rising above the crowd.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
She pulls a smooth rock from the bag and holds it up to show me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
In August 1967, my future wife and I found ourselves stumbling over rocks from the walls that weeks earlier had divided east and west Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Writing something is a bit like polishing rocks.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Because the surrounding rocks are about four billion years old, the ice preserved there may offer clues about how water moved through the young solar system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The conservationists had scramble from the water up a cliff face in the dark to find cracks in the rocks where the snails could be safely left.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He was bent against the wall, his hands spread out against the rocks.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Adani, one of India's richest men and a vocal backer of Trump on social media, has been rocked in recent years by corporate fraud allegations and a stock crash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
More than an hour after the quake, an apparent explosion rocked an Aeon shopping mall near the quake’s epicenter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This federal suspension and resulting lawsuit has rocked his confidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Substitute Keith Evans replied for a rocked Kerry, but Jack Carney's nailed two-pointed effort put Mayo 1-14 to 1-9 ahead and amid a barely conceivable cacophony of noise from the Croke Park stands.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Skaweek, skaweek was the noise it made as it rocked from side to side.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
When Julie Masino became Cracker Barrel’s CEO in 2023, she arrived with plans to modernize a restaurant chain known for breakfast, meatloaf, rocking chairs and a homespun atmosphere.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I sat in profile on a rocking chair, which kept me from being restless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Now that Graham’s gone, it’s only fitting that his imaginary grandma rest her bewigged skeleton in that great rocking chair in the sky.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Returning home from a play date with her baby, new mum Angharad found her partner "curled up in a ball, rocking on the sofa".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The widow herself sat out in the grassy front yard in a rocking chair.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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Earth Science - Middle School
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