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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
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.
—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
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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Grief may or may not have its five stages, but the stages of dying are implacable.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fernand, her own cousin, who is secretly in love with her; Danglars, an ambitious manipulator; and above all Héloïse de Villefort, the implacable wife of the town prosecutor.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil over the country's prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a hard-line conservative who was convicted of trying to overthrow democracy.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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This hard-line immigration policy from Republicans has raised concerns over racial profiling from immigrant rights advocates.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Khamenei, at 86, is in the twilight of a life devoted to an uncompromising Islamist vision.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their uncompromising moral clarity shaped the conscience of the West, later echoed by Christian preachers crusading for abolition, civil rights, and human dignity.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Still, some military analysts remain cautious, noting that satellites are built to endure intense cosmic radiation with hardened components and shielding, leaving open the question of whether such directed energy could penetrate these defenses.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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If this group of hardened degenerates was able to enjoy the action at this level, who, exactly, are the spiritual victims of sports betting?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Alexis told the outlet her legs hurt and can become immovable for short periods of time because of the disorder.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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But in military settings, where the stakes are life and death and the bureaucracy is immovable, big ideas are only as good as your ability to embed them in existing systems.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From his beginnings in small-town Wyoming to his years at the heart of two Bush administrations, his life traced a path through half a century of American government—marked by strategic mastery, fierce controversy, and an unyielding belief in the exercise of authority.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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His tone was, as usual, unyielding and certain.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Russia recruited some 420,000 personnel in 2024 and over 300,000 in 2025—numbers that have enabled its relentless, if costly, infantry assaults.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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His second goal for Bayern against Paris Saint-Germain recently illustrated the relentless drive to win the ball back and create a chance for a teammate or, in that instance, himself.—
The Athletic's Liverpool staff,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Rock-ribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rock-ribbed. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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