rock-ribbed
Example Sentences
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Considering what awaits them in dealership service bays, I understand why consumers would want to future-proof their sanity with the rock-ribbed V8.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
In 1997, the comedy “In & Out” did its shiny, star-studded best to mainstream the story of a closeted gay man in a rock-ribbed American community embracing his truth.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025
I grew up in Lake View, New York, a rock-ribbed Republican suburb of Buffalo.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
McCarthy met his nemesis in the person of Margaret Chase Smith, a rock-ribbed Republican from Skowhegan, Maine.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022
They convinced themselves that Adams was the enemy, and then all the evidence fell in place around that rock-ribbed, if highly questionable, conviction.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
