rock
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The uncertainty in funding has put on hold future missions to Uranus, Venus and Enceladus, and a return of rock and soil samples from Mars, Dreier said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
For the last 25 years, he's been the frontman of The Killers, channelling his love of stadium rock and British new wave on songs like Mr Brightside, When You Were Young and Human.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yet more than half of that rock record appears to be absent.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
As she joins a world of privileged rock devotees, Caicedo carefully depicts the duality of this elite Latin American world that meshes local and imported culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Glancing up, I saw that the domed ceiling was chiseled right out of the rock of the mountain.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
She said Greenpeace had painted over rocks and soil, staining them.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ludovic Ravanel of France's national scientific research centre CNRS, said high temperatures were melting "invisible" ice in cracks, which had held rocks together, leading to them falling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
One had a festering cut on his shin that he said he got from a fall on the rocks near the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Videos and photos circulating on social media show piles of rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal rods after waves removed layers of sand along the shoreline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Crawling across the pebbly rocks and sharp white shells, the blood flowing red from the cut on her knee, Nim threw handfuls of seaweed from one end of the beach to the other.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
One opposition lawmaker on Wednesday said Fedorov had rocked the establishment but predicted that his statement would likely have a limited effect politically since parliament had approved Zelensky’s defense minister and didn’t want further turbulence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A change to the rear suspension design made the car nervous and rocked his confidence.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The ship was rocked by explosions, a maritime security firm told AFP, but the cause of the blasts is unclear.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
This federal suspension and resulting lawsuit has rocked his confidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nathan stared at the stars above as Uncle Jet drove, and he was rocked and jolted around in the back of the truck.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Harry and Meghan have become expert in shaking things up, making unexpected decisions, rocking the boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
When Julie Masino became Cracker Barrel’s CEO in 2023, she arrived with plans to modernize a restaurant chain known for breakfast, meatloaf, rocking chairs and a homespun atmosphere.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The now 91-year-old spoke to WSJ about posing for the cubist, why she sat in a rocking chair during their time together and how her life changed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hoyte van Hoytema’s Imax-framed cinematography is assertive and present, rocking with the stormy waves and peering into the torch-lit darkness where the color palette is as starkly orange and black as an ancient Greek urn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
She clambered into the boat, waited for it to stop rocking, and started out.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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Earth Science - High School
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