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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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After last week’s hard-line family-resemblance death panel overseen by Bobchelle Visage, this is entirely too subjective and wishy-washy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
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That figure could be Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the hard-line parliamentary speaker who has deep ties to the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 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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The hardened look of a world-weary MI6 agent.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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So essentially, a beverage cooler is just a polystyrene foam container with a hardened plastic coating.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Kyla Oldacre, at 6-foot-6, scored 15 points was an immovable force under the basket.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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In terms of sheer duration, nothing tops the 1994-95 strike, a 232-day encounter between immovable object and unstoppable force that erased a total of 948 games and led to the cancellation of the World Series.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yet the music industry can move at an unyielding clip, particularly when artists are rocketing to stardom like Young was.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2026
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The breath of air, and the freedom of movement, only reinforce the moral asphyxiation taking place inside—and emphasize the unyielding authority sustaining the city’s public life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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The relentless heat, which has shattered monthly high temperature records, has caused the mountain snowpack to virtually vanish from California’s Sierra Nevadas all the way to the Colorado Rockies.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Iran's grip on the strait and relentless attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure have sent Brent crude, the international standard, up more than 40% since the war started.—
JON GAMBRELL AND DAVID RISING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Mar. 2026
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