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The project, which is designed to include periodic nourishments every five to seven years for 50 years, got off to a rocky start when an original dredge location was delivering more rocks and pebbles than expected and a new borrow location had to be found.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
It’s all feeds into a rocky period for The Old Lady after a good start to the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The crust of rocky worlds like our own, and even icy worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa, can be significantly fractured by the passage of a shockwave from an impact.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
It’s all feeds into a rocky period for The Old Lady after a good start to the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The crust of rocky worlds like our own, and even icy worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa, can be significantly fractured by the passage of a shockwave from an impact.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Some trails that probe this stony playground are Granite Gardens, Constellation, Centennial and Watson Lake Loop.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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In the wild, Atlantic pillar corals suffered a 97% decline in Florida between 2015-2024, primarily from the stony coral disease.Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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But Baltimore’s pass defense has been shaky, which should provide hope for the Broncos.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Whiskey in the ultra-premium segment has shown resilience in holding value throughout a shaky 2024, where products in lower luxury segments have struggled in an apparent overcorrection from the COVID-era mini boom.Chris Perugini, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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There's an infinity pool, a lagoon pool with two slides and a stretch of sandy beach with a castaway theme right down to its weather outlook system – a coconut hanging from a branch next to a sign telling visitors what conditions to expect based on the appearance of the shell.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In March 2026 Seabourn Venture will embark on a Wild South Atlantic sailing that includes the Falkland Islands and Argentinian ports like Bahia Bustamante, ideal for nature lovers, and Puerto Madryn, with its sandy beaches and lively restaurants, before making its way up the coast of South America.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
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The wall was just low enough to allow Betts to stand on his tippy toes as Capobianco held Betts’ left arm up and over the wall; and Peters – by virtue of dumb luck – did not injure Betts’ right hand, wrist, or arm.Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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At the tippy top of Sheridan Road, Lake Bluff is like a small, charming town on the East Coast.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
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It is said to be a moment of a precarious mental health implosion occurring on a massive scale and all at once.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The potential ubiquity of generative AI risks significant economic displacement in an already precarious creative class.Ruby Justice Thelot, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The place feels a lot like a happy, tipsy, rainbow-America tourist trap.Brock Colyar, Curbed, 20 June 2024
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Aslin Summer Games at Aslin Beer Company The same weekend the Olympics kick off in Paris, teams of tipsy contestants in Washington can compete for something even better than the gold: Aslin gift cards, trophies and bragging rights.Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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From far above, the area around Yanghai cemetery looks like a collection of ground-dwelling wasp dens, drilled into a gravelly desert.Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
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This is the gravelly voice-over of Henry Hill speaking dutifully about downtown theater!Hunter Harris, Vulture, 27 May 2022
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Meanwhile, Richmond's last two mayoral elections, in 2020 and 2016, weren't called until Wednesday evening — the day after the election — in part due to absentee ballots and the city's wonky version of an Electoral College, according to media reports at the time.Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Not surprisingly, there were many similarities: an urban heat island — which has raised temperatures there more than here — wonky air conditioners, cooling centers.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Rocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocky. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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