rock-ribbed

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In 1997, the comedy “In & Out” did its shiny, star-studded best to mainstream the story of a closeted gay man in a rock-ribbed American community embracing his truth.

From Los Angeles Times

The daily newspapers, including the rock-ribbed conservative Los Angeles Times, lampooned Sinclair mercilessly.

From Los Angeles Times

I grew up in Lake View, New York, a rock-ribbed Republican suburb of Buffalo.

From Salon

One question Heller plays with throughout the book is whether all this rock-ribbed, superior-feeling sense of the world is covering up for something — and whether we’re missing something important when we long to be saviors.

From Los Angeles Times

Bacharach and David’s first hit with Warwick can still startle you with its blend of romantic desperation and rock-ribbed defiance.

From Los Angeles Times