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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
That’s why the Democrats – and not just those in southern Maine and among the post-COVID blow-ins along the rock-ribbed coast – adore him so much.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
6 Mar. 2023
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
Harve Presnell was Wade Gustafson, Jerry's rock-ribbed father-in-law who insisted on handling his daughter's kidnapping on his own.
—
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.
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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
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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.
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Obama’s second-term quest at a border bill similarly crashed into unbending opposition.
Adjective
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Adorno internalized and perfected Horkheimer’s implacable voice.
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Born in 1818 into a slaveholding family, Mary evolved into a committed abolitionist and an implacable Unionist who poured time into caring for wounded Union soldiers.
Adjective
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But Reform faces a challenge from Restore, an even more hard-line, anti-immigration and ethnonationalist party to its right.
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As the show began to wrap up, Goldberg aimed to try to tie in the book, asking Vance about rationalizing his Catholic faith with a hard-line stance on immigration.
Adjective
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The backtrack, albeit temporary, is a sharp reversal for two of corporate America’s most uncompromising voices on office attendance.
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The company’ products also have a distinctive look that’s unmistakably Noble, offering an uncompromising approach to earbud design.
Adjective
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Kimberli Pierce said her husband came home a hardened man.
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Strong integrity, without humility or collaboration, becomes rigidity—as seen in Steve Jobs, whose candor fueled innovation but hardened relationships.
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For the night, the singer leaned upon one of her favorite beauty signatures—an immovable red lip, hair up in a fishtail braid, tied up with a team-colors blue and orange ribbon.
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The Judgment Day couldn’t get a one-up on Femi as JD McDonagh hit a chair shot but Femi was immovable.
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While investigators remain unyielding, no charges have been filed against Terri or anyone else in the case, nor has anyone officially been named as a suspect in Kyron’s disappearance.
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And that makes these games a wonderful, fleeting distraction from the unyielding things that actually matter.
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Four people have died and Kentucky’s governor declared a state of emergency after relentless thunderstorms unleashed deadly flash flooding.
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His most recent win in Las Vegas against Brunno Ferreira was decided in the first round, adding to his reputation as a relentless, precise fighter.
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