bedrock
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The repository was built into the bedrock of the World Trade Center site and can only be accessed by medical examiner staff.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
Treasury bonds, especially on the 10-year note, is the bedrock upon which the entire financial system is based.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
To support Henry Bacon’s Parthenon-like building and Daniel Chester French’s colossal statue, builders had to sink 122 hollow steel cylinders deep into the marshy soil to reach bedrock, then fill each pillar with concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The other side of the cave looked out over a waterfall cutting through the forest, with the rushing and crashing of the water tumbling over the bedrock.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
Physical Geography - Introductory
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