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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
While the Democrats have completely revamped their primary calendar, the Republicans have remained the party of rock-ribbed tradition.
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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rock-ribbed
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In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.—
Michael Bennon,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Aug. 2023
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Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.—
Sarah Dadouch,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2023
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Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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For centuries, Russia has viewed the West as intent on Russia’s subjugation or outright destruction, and Soviet and Russian intelligence services have operated for decades on the assumption that the West is an implacable foe.—
ANDREI SOLDATOV,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Mar. 2025
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Before the shooting, Crusius appears to have been consumed by the immigration debate, posting online in support of building the border wall and other messages praising the hard-line border policies of President Donald Trump, who was in his first term at the time.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Shares of Tesla, meanwhile, have tumbled more than 31% so far this year, amid rising consumer boycotts and plummeting demand globally driven in part by Musk’s rise as a hard-line conservative political figure.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2025
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Through her cookbooks and teaching – and an uncompromising commitment to Italian tradition – her impact was felt in millions of American home kitchens. CLOSING NIGHT FILM LOVERS dir.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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And despite the overt inflation in almost every regard, Cadillac clearly believes the uncompromising urban buyer who wants power, panache, and plenty of room for the fam will eventually decide to go electric.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Ars Technica,
17 Mar. 2025
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Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal), Coltrane Wilder (Noel), meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective), Isaiah Stiles (Law).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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Small wonder, then, that Congressional responses to far more abstract issues like, say, the primary care physician shortage, bog down in immovable policy inertia.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2025
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And how can Ukraine be protected from the unyielding ambitions of its more powerful neighbor?—
Tim Lister,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The tree was of no great size, apparently being able to derive but a precarious living from its tenuous foothold in the unyielding stone.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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Despite my experience in the Navy SEAL teams and my deep understanding of the critical role of trust, the relentless momentum of potential growth can become a major distraction.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Before commissioners approved the deal nearly two years ago, Tate faced relentless opposition from critics who called the deal a land giveaway and objected to private condos being built on public land worth at least $256 million.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Still, Naz, whose solitary ways confuse his family, very much wishes that Aziza wasn’t meeting his adamantine mother, Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson), or his famous father, or his ex-state-senator older brother, Junior (Glenn Davis), recently incarcerated for embezzling campaign funds.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Image My first collision with the adamantine wall of Vivamayr house rules coincided with my arrival.—
Caity Weaver,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Rock-ribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rock-ribbed. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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