rock
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She forwarded the information to Global Merchandising Services, which develops branded products for Ozzy and other rock stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“On paper, people have said, you know, you’re a guy in an indie rock band who does stand-up and has floppy hair, you’re technically a cool guy,” Thomas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Radio Caroline, a former pirate radio that now mostly plays rock music, apologised in May after airing messages falsely announcing the monarch's death.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Then comes the sound, clams tossed in hot pans, cleavers pounding roast pork, a Cantonese rock ballad barely rising above the crowd.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The floor rumbled underneath me as the very walls around us shuddered and creaked, sending torrents of rock dust down onto millions of dollars’ worth of equipment.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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In August 1967, my future wife and I found ourselves stumbling over rocks from the walls that weeks earlier had divided east and west Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The region’s rocks preserve fossils from different stages in the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, including some of the oldest known dinosaurs and large predators that lived before the Age of Dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
People living next to a quarry say their homes shake, pictures fall off the wall and their children are frightened each time huge rocks are blasted.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Writing something is a bit like polishing rocks.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
And then Sean was next to me, pointing along the rocks under the water where he had strung his net.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Adani, one of India's richest men and a vocal backer of Trump on social media, has been rocked in recent years by corporate fraud allegations and a stock crash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
This federal suspension and resulting lawsuit has rocked his confidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 2014, taking advantage of the turmoil of the recent Arab Spring protests that rocked the Middle East, they marched south and took over the capital, Sanaa.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Together for the better part of four decades, L7 did not faff around with small talk and pleasantries: They took the stage and rocked your face off.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
The boat rocked up and down, and up and down.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Outbreaks of cyclospora are rocking every corner of the produce industry as many consumers avoid supermarkets’ fresh produce aisles and cut back on visits to some salad-heavy chains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
When Julie Masino became Cracker Barrel’s CEO in 2023, she arrived with plans to modernize a restaurant chain known for breakfast, meatloaf, rocking chairs and a homespun atmosphere.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hoyte van Hoytema’s Imax-framed cinematography is assertive and present, rocking with the stormy waves and peering into the torch-lit darkness where the color palette is as starkly orange and black as an ancient Greek urn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
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
Just about an hour later, with our railcar rocking gently from side to side, we rolled south from New York toward the city of Philadelphia.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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