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rocky

adjective as in unyielding, inflexible

adjective as in doubtful, undependable

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This is in addition to the voluminous effort spanning six nights and 12 hours that reasserts, among many truths, Burns’ dedication to exhuming the rocky facts buried underneath convenient mythmaking.

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The stock market is starting to look rocky.

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Lakos-Bujas suggests investors protect themselves with low-volatility stocks that are also highly traded, making them easily buy and sell even in a rocky market.

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Mahadevan and his students are already preparing for the era of 30-meter-class ground based telescopes, which will carry instruments capable of imaging rocky planets within their stars' habitable zones.

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Praia do Telheiro revealed a single footprint attributed to either a teenager or an adult woman, found near fossilized bird tracks that are typical of rocky and coastal habitats.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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