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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
Harve Presnell was Wade Gustafson, Jerry's rock-ribbed father-in-law who insisted on handling his daughter's kidnapping on his own.
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Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Mar. 2026
The Trump administration has continued its rock-ribbed backing for Israel, recently proposing $6 billion in new arms sales.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Where there was financial anarchy during the worst of the Snyder Era, there is now rock-ribbed discipline.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The daily newspapers, including the rock-ribbed conservative Los Angeles Times, lampooned Sinclair mercilessly.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
While the Democrats have completely revamped their primary calendar, the Republicans have remained the party of rock-ribbed tradition.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Mar. 2026
The Trump administration has continued its rock-ribbed backing for Israel, recently proposing $6 billion in new arms sales.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Where there was financial anarchy during the worst of the Snyder Era, there is now rock-ribbed discipline.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The daily newspapers, including the rock-ribbed conservative Los Angeles Times, lampooned Sinclair mercilessly.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
While the Democrats have completely revamped their primary calendar, the Republicans have remained the party of rock-ribbed tradition.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rock-ribbed
Adjective
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That narcissism, combined with a lack of understanding regarding the risks of the Titan, resulted in an unbending belief in his own creation.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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Obama’s second-term quest at a border bill similarly crashed into unbending opposition.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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But absent an oil-rich ally, like Russia or Venezuela, and faced with an implacable enemy, Cuban officials may have no choice but to bring Cuba back into the orbit of American power, at least for now.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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But as all the world knows, Edmond Dantès did rise again, transformed from an innocent young sailor into that courtly yet implacable avenger, the Count of Monte Cristo.—
Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Which was a better outcome for him than in Hungary, where his 11th-hour campaign appearance with Prime Minister Viktor Orban could not prevent the hard-line leader from falling to election defeat.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Apr. 2026
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And though some voters are pleased with the president’s moves to shut down the southern border, his hard-line immigration agenda inside the United States has sparked large-scale protests across the state.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Ghalibaf’s rise signals a shift toward the Revolutionary Guard’s more uncompromising elements effectively running the country.—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bimota remains one of motorcycling’s most uncompromising niche manufacturers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In that sense, the discussion around hardened container images reflects a larger shift.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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To minimize the risk of this happening, teams may choose pre-hardened images from containerization services that have already secured their images.—
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At 6-2, 326, an immovable force at NT with the ability to develop as a pass rusher.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Having set Coel’s grudge-nurturing immovable object and Hathaway’s in-crisis irresistible force on a collision course, the film proceeds to let the former batter the latter with a mix of acidic banter, passive-aggressive comments masked as curiosity, and compli-sults that cut bone.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There are several factors driving the staggering heat, including a unyielding ridge of high pressure straddling Southern California and weaker-than-normal coastal winds, which typically drive upwelling along the coast.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Linda becomes her husband’s unyielding defender as the tortured Biff — once the quintessential American boy — develops into a Knight of the Mirrors against his father’s Quixote, the adversary who tries to force the dreamer to encounter his own reflection.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Yet, at the same time, relentless convenience (or being sold the idea of relentless convenience) warps the brain in ways that make nostalgic cravings somewhat inevitable.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Michaels is a comedy producer with a relentless work ethic, a keen eye for talent, and an undiminished faith in what other — increasingly much younger — people find funny.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
17 Apr. 2026
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