rocked
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The story goes that Bela Guttmann, fresh from winning the title with Porto, rocked up at Benfica, sacked all the senior players and promoted a talented bunch of youth team players instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some 130 French high schools remained closed on Monday, the education ministry said, with authorities hoping the protest movement that has rocked the nation in recent weeks would ease ahead of half-term holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Panama on Friday, unleashing panic in the high-rise capital city and causing buildings to collapse in the center of the country but produced no immediate reports of casualties.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Sept. 30 announcement should have rocked the energy world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Each unicorn was doing something different; one rocked out with a guitar, another was reading a book, another wore a chef’s hat and was flipping eggs in a pan.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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