rock
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There’s a lapidary quality to Mr. Pence’s manifesto, and it’s worth noting that he invokes Isaiah: “look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
I’m like, “Well, I get that sometimes, but this song is a happy song, this is a rock song. I’ll do a power ballad later on.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
That was an era during which Springsteen was fond of declaring “the majesty, the mystery, the ministry — of rock ‘n’ roll!”
From Salon • May 28, 2026
In the border was a small rock that had a word carved on it — dream.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Vocabulary lists containing rock
Earth Science - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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Earth Science - High School
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