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Recent Examples of rocky
The planet's internal structure comprises four layers: a rocky crust on the outside, then a rocky mantle, an outer core made of magma and a solid inner core.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
This disk can be quite thick and choked with dust—small grains of matter made up of siliceous (rocky) or carbonaceous (sootlike) material.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s a tension in Hood’s work between light and dark, form and void—a paradox that may tie back to her rocky childhood.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Asteroids are airless, rocky masses, left over from the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago.
—Ian Randall, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
This disk can be quite thick and choked with dust—small grains of matter made up of siliceous (rocky) or carbonaceous (sootlike) material.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s a tension in Hood’s work between light and dark, form and void—a paradox that may tie back to her rocky childhood.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Asteroids are airless, rocky masses, left over from the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago.
—Ian Randall, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocky
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Needless to say, the comments were met with a stony silence in Europe, and were the strongest signal yet of a widening ideological and geopolitical rift between the two powers since President Donald Trump came to power.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Next up, Moss-Bachrach will portray the stony disposition (both literally and figuratively) of Ben Grimm, a.k.a.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Their intimate knowledge of artistic symbiosis adds a poignant underlay to Hawke and Linklater’s reunion on Blue Moon, a transfixing character study that X-rays the shaky skeleton of a creative partnership of comparable duration.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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President Biden was fully expected to be the Democratic nominee until a shaky debate performance on June 27 caused many, even in his own party, to call for a new nominee.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
17 Feb. 2025
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On that sandy beach a decade ago, those men may have witnessed God’s holy army and the forces of Satan in their ancient battle.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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The city and surrounding communities are also lined with sandy beaches and board-ready breaks.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2025
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But after that, sure enough, fun highlights, including the tippy top of the loop and superfast glimpse of Universal CityWalk, the busting through the New York facade, surfing above the queue and doubling back dramatically to the loading station.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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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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Life took a precarious turn, however, in early 1941.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Public sympathy for those addicted to drugs has always been precarious.—
TIME,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The crowd is diverse, ranging from tipsy college students to international visitors.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
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Everyone else is too tipsy, and Ubering is so unsafe.—
Danielle Jennings,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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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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It’s now been 21 months since the May 2023 surgery, which was the fourth procedure Landeskog has had to try and fix his wonky knee.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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There were, however, some wonky editing choices, like integrating Mary Cosby into the season by filming scene after scene of her in her walk-in closet.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Rocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocky. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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