rocky
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Seeing the rocky path leading up the valley, my mom voiced doubt for the first time, and I dismissed her with what I hoped sounded like words of encouragement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The controversy followed a rocky first appearance as White House press secretary on Tuesday, when Zacharia read extensively from prepared notes during a briefing lasting just 14 minutes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mattel’s other park ambitions have had rocky starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"How rocky planets formed and giant planets evolved are part of the broader story of the solar system's formation. It's all one story," said Su.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Clinging together, they ran, or were blown, through the woods, and eventually came up against a great, rocky cliff that shimmered in the pounding rain.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
They figured French politics wouldn’t get much rockier in the near term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
While those early investors saw sizable paper gains when SpaceX went public, it’s been a rockier ride since then.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some systems could produce larger planets, rockier worlds, or perhaps more planets overall.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
But after all the effort invested into building up this relationship, it has never been in a rockier place than it is now.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
As he moved southward, the skirts of the hills were rockier and the saplings fewer.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The past year—which included parent company Paramount’s controversial merger with Skydance Media, and the installment of Bari Weiss as CBS News’ editor in chief—has been one of the rockiest in 60 Minutes’ decadeslong history.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
That is helping Weyerhaeuser ride out one of the rockiest periods for the forest-products industry in the past two decades.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
The totality of the departures — 25 percent of the membership — heaps additional pressure on Commissioner George Kliavkoff, whose two years at the helm have been arguably the rockiest in conference history.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
It was gravelly near the water, rockiest at the lower end, and, from a mouse’s point of view, hilly.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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