bedrock

Example Sentences

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But China, like other developing countries, said it wants this rule to "remain the bedrock of the WTO".

From Barron's

The vault is structured like “an onion layer,” moored to bedrock and closely guarded, according to company Chief Executive Josh Phair.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers believe the shapes formed when groundwater moved through fractures in the bedrock, depositing minerals along those cracks.

From Science Daily

Every piece of Iranian diaspora culture was built on the bedrock of the regime’s permanence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chalk streams emerge from springs in porous chalk bedrock, which acts as a filter to remove sediment, characterised by beautifully clear water and a gravelly bottom.

From BBC