rocky
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September was rocky in 2021 and 2022, but during the past few years, the index has managed to finish the month higher, despite some hiccups here and there.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Little did she know, she’d be “holding on for dear life” on the rocky ferry from Naxos to Milos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
At The Roaches, a dramatic rocky landscape area in the Peak District, fire broke out in June.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
John Mozeliak’s first foray into upgrading the Angels is off to a rocky start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mother stands on the rocky bank, above the stream where the pups cower, eyes wide and tails low, covered in mud.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
While those early investors saw sizable paper gains when SpaceX went public, it’s been a rockier ride since then.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Their results show that either planet could be dominated by water-rich layers or by a far rockier structure.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025
His second season in charge was somewhat rockier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
But it’s been a rockier road than they had hoped.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Arabia Terra is certainly rockier than Acidalia Planitia, but nowhere near as bad as I'd feared.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
That is helping Weyerhaeuser ride out one of the rockiest periods for the forest-products industry in the past two decades.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
The totality of the departures — 25 percent of the membership — heaps additional pressure on Commissioner George Kliavkoff, whose two years at the helm have been arguably the rockiest in conference history.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
It was one of the rockiest starts for a wide release of Android yet, and hopefully, history doesn’t repeat itself with the Pixel 7 launch right around the corner.
From The Verge ● Sep. 6, 2022
It was gravelly near the water, rockiest at the lower end, and, from a mouse’s point of view, hilly.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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