bedrock

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The vault is structured like “an onion layer,” moored to bedrock and closely guarded, according to company Chief Executive Josh Phair.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers believe the shapes formed when groundwater moved through fractures in the bedrock, depositing minerals along those cracks.

From Science Daily

Every piece of Iranian diaspora culture was built on the bedrock of the regime’s permanence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chalk streams emerge from springs in porous chalk bedrock, which acts as a filter to remove sediment, characterised by beautifully clear water and a gravelly bottom.

From BBC

But analysts and investors warn that over time, war can suppress economic growth while spurring inflation, a combination that leads to prolonged declines in both stocks and bonds, bedrock investments for millions of American savers.

From The Wall Street Journal