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rock

[rok] / rɒk /




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I honestly have no idea when or how it happened — I never heard a rock hit the windshield or noticed anything while I was driving.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

“I could have taken up climbing and gone up El Capitan just to escape the people,” Dollinger said, referencing Yosemite’s famous rock wall, “but I’m just a creative director.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Experts estimate that the subterranean complex reaches 300 to 450 feet deep beneath solid rock, with enough room to accommodate several nuclear-related facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The American model is also a musician, known for being the lead vocalist and songwriter of the punk rock band Nasty Cherry, which was formed by Charli XCX.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

To prove his point, he popped his head back inside the rock and then back out again like some kind of deranged jack-in-the-box.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The “Himalayan salt room” boasts giant salt rocks from Korea on the walls and ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Tied to the mast of his ship as he and his crew pass the singing sirens, adorned on the jagged rocks at sea, Odysseus screams out with pain and desire.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

It’s turning over rocks to find more money.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Instead of Martian rocks, the team tested samples from the famous Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Hard soil, sometimes rocks, pebbles dig into my back.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Damon, Bernthal and up to 25 others crammed into the dank vessel and clung to its cross beams as cold water pumped in and the silo rocked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

But the cluster of blue-paneled, four-story apartment buildings—constructed by a Turkish contractor—quickly crumbled into piles of twisted metal and plywood when the earthquakes rocked Venezuela’s northern coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

But it has been rocked by several scandals, including hundreds of reports of desertion.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

At least 235 people were killed when two major earthquakes rocked Venezuela on Wednesday evening, the country's health authorities say.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

It rocked as we settled in, smoothing wool skirts into place with callused hands.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Now that Graham’s gone, it’s only fitting that his imaginary grandma rest her bewigged skeleton in that great rocking chair in the sky.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Spoken in a colloquial mix of English and Armenian, the recording became the introduction to “Canopies,” a song with the hushed, rocking cadence of a lullaby that Korkejian wrote from her grandmother’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

But instead of in the streets or a stadium, the crowd was rocking in one of America's biggest malls -- the unlikely setting for fan events outside New Jersey's MetLife arena.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Scientists found that it turns end-over-end once every 10.5 days while also rocking back and forth around its long axis once every 26.5 days.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

She keeps rocking backward and forward in her chair.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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