bedrock
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The prime minister said "the relationship between a minister and their officials relies on a bedrock of total transparency".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
“This failure to comply with the bedrock agreement among the seven Colorado River states is itself a serious development that Arizona will assess and will respond to accordingly in time,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Freedom of navigation has been a bedrock U.S. principle for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Abigail herself reported that all the bedrock Federalist enclaves of New England were taken by surprise: “the whole community were like a flock of frightened pigions; nobody had their story ready.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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