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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
Where there was financial anarchy during the worst of the Snyder Era, there is now rock-ribbed discipline.
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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
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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Williams’ cellos pounding those notes over and over, with tuba over them, created a true character for the shark: Relentless, implacable, all-devouring.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other administration officials have touted the facility—built by repurposing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida—as representing the White House's hard-line stance on immigration enforcement and border security.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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But given the fierce hard-line opposition and the leadership’s fear of the potential domestic consequences of surrendering to Israel and the United States, that is very unlikely.—
Robert J. Einhorn,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This was Sharon at her most uncompromising, unafraid and unwilling to let an industry hide behind silence.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
27 Aug. 2025
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Each tour, capped at 16 guests, delivers ambitious and uncompromising experiences.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Tren de Aragua originated more than a decade ago at an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in Venezuela’s central state of Aragua.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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By breeding Florida’s hardened survivors with Honduran corals, the scientists hope to create offspring that will carry a new heat-resistant genetic armor for the climate battles ahead.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Male silverbacks were virtually immovable, acting as the displacing animal in more than 99% of interactions.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
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The not-in-my-backyard, or NIMBY, mindset was thought to be an immovable obstacle—support in theory, opposition in practice.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Moving Forward And Upward Assertive financial communication doesn’t mean being loud, dominant or unyielding.—
Joyce Marter,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite relentless political attacks and courtroom challenges, nearly all anti-DEI shareholder resolutions have failed, rejected by overwhelming margins at companies like Apple, Coca-Cola, and Berkshire Hathaway.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Where Welch pursued relentless growth and shareholder value maximization, Chouinard deliberately restrained Patagonia's expansion.—
Kyle Westaway,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rock-ribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rock-ribbed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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