bedrock

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NATO’s bedrock is Article V of its founding treaty, which considers an attack on one member state an attack on all.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tuchel will have the vast majority of his squad already fixed in his mind and those certain selections form an experienced bedrock he will count on at the World Cup.

From BBC

Deterring an attack on the island has been a bedrock American policy for 75 years.

From The Wall Street Journal

The leftover carbon dioxide will be stored deep beneath the North Sea in sedimentary bedrock and will gradually mineralize over time.

From The Wall Street Journal

But China, like other developing countries, has said it wants this rule to "remain the bedrock of the WTO".

From Barron's