bedrock
Example Sentences
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Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier and its bedrock as the cause of last week's flash flood.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
As government rates are the bedrock of capital costs throughout economies, the effects are far-reaching.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
We see seemingly weightless planes, hovering above immortal bedrock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
According to him, America would have burst into flames and melted into the bedrock mantle if he hadn’t come to town.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
I’d been raised on the bedrock of football, basketball, and baseball, but it turned out that East Coast prep schoolers did more.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
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