bedrock

Example Sentences

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High-profile love that ends in tragic death is, of course, a bedrock of storytelling, but this “Love Story” purports to have a higher calling.

From Los Angeles Times

Oil shale, or blaze as it is sometimes known in Scotland, is a material that was historically mined from the bedrock.

From BBC

It's become the legal bedrock of federal efforts to rein in emissions, especially in vehicles.

From BBC

"This organisation provides stability and predictability," she added, hailing that "in spite of all the knocks, it is still the bedrock for so much of world trade".

From Barron's

These icebergs scraped sediment from the bedrock beneath the ice and released it into the ocean as they drifted north and melted.

From Science Daily