Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rockers
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Much of the music and lyrics are drawn from Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages, and weave elements of his family's story into ballads, Celtic folk music and classical recordings that his mother collected.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 June 2026 -
His ballads of rainy English angst went over big in the land of sun and surf.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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Among other changes, the law requires health officials to inspect the Aurora facility at least every three months to ensure the detention center abides by safety standards related to food and water quality, confinement conditions and medical services.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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The legislation clarifies the definition of data centers and allows the state Department of Environmental Quality to set the standards for data centers’ water usage, NC Newsline reported.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated June 8,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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Charli and preeminent pop divas Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are releasing some of the bleakest music of their careers just in time for summer, the traditional season for party anthems and celebratory bangers.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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With the controversial move, Russian and Belarusian nationals can now compete freely under national colors, flags, and anthems.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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People themselves keep those choruses alive.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Unlike her first album, the compositions rarely built toward pop choruses or easy, identifiable emotion.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
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For the album, Simon enlisted John Forté, who died earlier this year, as well as Simon's son Ben, who appears on the project as a singer, musician, producer, and songwriter, in addition to her daughter Sally, who contributes vocals and created the cover artwork for the single.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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Impressive also is the score from Tony Lewis and folk singer Jim Ghedi, including the uniquely haunting vocals from the latter.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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But, as with effectively a new group needing to gel, time was always going to be required for heroes to emerge and inspire terrace chants to replace or supplement the ditties to ‘Super Paul Mullin’, ‘White Pele’ (Elliot Lee) et al.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The songs, by Randy Newman, are simple but charming little ditties, particularly the ensemble numbers where this makeshift band of misfits express their devotion to one another.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Violinist Warren Ellis played an equally soulful solo during a break from the lyrics.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2026
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For Corinne Bailey Rae, lyrics and melodies can reveal new possibilities.—
Christopher A. Daniel,
AJC.com,
11 June 2026
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