bedrock
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The roughly $30 trillion Treasury market — widely seen as the bedrock of the global financial system — is facing a dangerous reckoning driven by a perfect storm of rising risks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The report, completed within weeks, laid the blame on “defective foundations,” concluding that gravity dams were safe if built on bedrock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some Antarctic ice rests on bedrock that lies below sea level.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Damaged peatland is also "much more prone to erosion" leading to "peat cliffs" where "all the peat around it has been slowly eroded away by wind and rain right down to bedrock".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The first step is to drill a hole in the bedrock at exactly the right angle and depth, or the explosion will be wasted.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing bedrock
Physical Geography - Introductory
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