bedrock

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This result stands out because subsurface microbial communities in continental bedrock aquifers are often considered relatively stable.

From Science Daily

The mix of clear-eyed realism with a dreamer’s optimism might be Brooks’ ultimate trick, the bedrock of his mixed-up style of sincere, bittersweet and funny: comedies with a heavy heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Ancestral links are the bedrock of the bonds between the US and the island of Ireland.

From BBC

Despite an astonishing political revolution in recent decades that has provided a bedrock for the country’s economic surge, perhaps no other democracy is as keen at putting its ex-presidents in the dock.

From Washington Times

Constitution, which forms the bedrock of free speech law.

From Reuters