rock
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“Between the homes, a freeform pool curves through natural rock, hiding a grotto and a slide, with a shallow ledge for lounging and an elevated spa,” according to the listing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Can such a visibly transgressive band, even one so deeply attuned to American music history, be rock stars today?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
An ancient formation of bright anorthosite, a rock commonly found on the Moon, stands out among the heavily deformed rocks of southern Madagascar.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
I patted the ground under a large rock beside the door until I found the key.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Earlier research could determine how much phosphorus was present in ancient rocks, but those measurements revealed little about whether organisms could actually use it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Barlinnie was known for being a notoriously tough prison, where prisoners carried out hard labour, breaking rocks from a local quarry.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Chemical fossils, also known as biomarkers, preserved in ancient rocks contain evidence consistent with sponges living at least 650 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Negative beta stocks helped limit the S&P 500’s losses during the March selloff and again in July, when the powerful artificial-intelligence-driven momentum trade hit the rocks, Emanuel said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Granda chopping up rocks, laying them out on a road no one needed?
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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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
Lessons were suspended at hundreds of French high schools on Monday, as part of a wave of student protest over learning conditions that have rocked the European nation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The former metalworker left office with record approval ratings of over 80%, but his party was later rocked by huge corruption scandals.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He rebelled as a teen who rocked out to AC/DC and Quiet Riot, moving out of the family’s house after a fight with his father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Skaweek, skaweek was the noise it made as it rocked from side to side.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Bad things happen when good people stand by and say nothing, even if they are trying to avoid rocking the boat, fear upsetting people or risk ruining a relationship.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Claims that Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are rocking the French literary world and posing questions about how AI can be detected.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
The scene where Harris approached a captured bug, rocking an ankle-length black trench coat with his blonde hair in a close crew cut, was the closest “Troopers” came to clubbing the audience in the ribs.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Image: Fontaines DC rocking out at a festival in their native Ireland, opposite a ferris wheel.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Opal was rocking back and forth again, lifting the floorboards.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Earth Science - Middle School
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