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[rok] / rɒk /




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Waves from a tropical storm later that year broke off a chunk of rock from the bottom of the arch.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

She even sought out McDonald, another yacht rock OG, for a collab that didn’t end up making the LP, which expanded beyond her original premise as her listening broadened along with her cooking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

A tsunami-like wall of water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26 killed nearly 1,500 and left 5,800 missing in the two countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was both familiar—evocative of the late-1970s New York rock scene—and fresh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Very good,” Callaway said, and then he turned back, took two large steps forward, and disappeared into the rock.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and city leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep railroads from falling into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Nasa scientists are studying rocks in the Scottish Highlands to help them understand if there was once life on Mars.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The US space agency announced last year that its Perseverance rover had found potential biosignatures, markings on rocks possibly made by ancient microbes.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Over the past few decades, when markets have hit the rocks, central bankers have reliably ridden to the rescue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The warm fuzzies I had been feeling in my chest turn into a pile of rocks.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

He rebelled as a teen who rocked out to AC/DC and Quiet Riot, moving out of the family’s house after a fight with his father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He’s been so rocked by recent tech layoffs over the past few years that he began taking part-time nursing classes at a local community college.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Earlier this year, another relationship brouhaha — this one dubbed “Scamanda” — hit Bravo’s “Summer House” after a secret romance between long-time cast members Amanda Batula and West Wilson rocked the friend group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Last year's competition was rocked by a cheating scandal after some contestants were accused of stone tampering.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

I laid him belly-down over my forearm and rocked him, and he went from yelling to whimpering, and next thing he was asleep.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Also offered: a straw maze, pumpkin decorating, a petting zoo, giant rocking horses, slides and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Claims that Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are rocking the French literary world and posing questions about how AI can be detected.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

The scene where Harris approached a captured bug, rocking an ankle-length black trench coat with his blonde hair in a close crew cut, was the closest “Troopers” came to clubbing the audience in the ribs.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

But after his 2024 video of himself rocking out to his EDM version of “The Wheels on the Bus” went viral, a promoter pitched him on headlining a series of morning family concerts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Or she might lean her head against his shoulder, and keep rocking peacefully in the waves.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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