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rockers

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plural of rocker

as in blues

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Those digital Mellotrons balanced against Wilson’s dry 2000s alt-rock production cast Åkerfeldt’s ballads into a searching, uncanny drift at the outskirts of the metal landscape.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
His theory—that the poems must have been patched together much later from various ballads—was not universally accepted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

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The board sets education policy, maintains academic standards, and oversees educational licenses and the accreditation system.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
In the absence of so many senior stars in the wake of the World Cup, Dominik Szoboszlai and Milos Kerkez have stepped up, helping to set the standards for the youngsters who have been included on this pre-season tour to the United States.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of standards

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From the fragmented breakup anthems to the formulaic moodboard fodder, nothing on Steve Lacy’s new album seems to come naturally.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
Several songs and albums connected to the sport — or which have simply become anthems played in stadiums, pubs and viewing parties — surge on the British charts this week.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of anthems

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There are no memorable choruses, hooky instrumentals passages, or spellbinding solos, all which have been a part of the band’s sonic identity, including on Life Is But a Dream… to an extent.

— Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of choruses

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Absolutely’s groundedness can, in part, be credited to the journey of creating her second studio album, Paracosm, a dark-leaning, 13-track record that features self-examining lyrics and dynamic vocals, ranging from airy whispers to soaring belts.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of vocals

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In the streaming music world, having access to all your favorite tunes and ditties is integral.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
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

Definition of ditties

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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
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

Definition of serenades

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Compared with the blues styles of other Southern regions, Delta blues was distinguished by its emotional intensity, which was projected through the lyrics of the songs and underscored by the players’ often aggressive attack on the guitar strings.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Taupin famously writes the lyrics independently of John, who then takes the prose and puts it to music.

— Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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