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Recent Examples of rocky
After a rocky start, some tech stocks rebounded by the end of the trading day.
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Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Minnewaska State Park Preserve, New York A roughly two-hour drive from New York City, Minnewaska State Park Preserve is situated on the Shawangunk Ridge, more than 2,000 feet above sea level, and surrounded by rocky terrain.
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Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Corlys orders his men to thread the rocky Dragonstone pass at low tide, even relieving the helmsman of the ship’s wheel at the crucial moment.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The mediation effort in Switzerland, which started Sunday and stretched into early Monday, had rocky moments.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Minnewaska State Park Preserve, New York A roughly two-hour drive from New York City, Minnewaska State Park Preserve is situated on the Shawangunk Ridge, more than 2,000 feet above sea level, and surrounded by rocky terrain.
—
Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Corlys orders his men to thread the rocky Dragonstone pass at low tide, even relieving the helmsman of the ship’s wheel at the crucial moment.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The mediation effort in Switzerland, which started Sunday and stretched into early Monday, had rocky moments.
—
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocky
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Basic, an obscure album of oddball electronic rhythms and supremely wobbly guitar released in 1984 by Lou Reed collaborators Robert Quine and Fred Maher.
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On March 4, the walls of a Travis County courtroom in Austin felt wobbly with grief.
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Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
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Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.
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The shaky outing continued Sasaki’s post-breakthrough slide, but the setback barely dents the Dodgers’ commanding division cushion, with San Diego still eight games back in the standings.
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Andy’s spark is just what Runway needs, though, since the glossy fashion magazine is on shaky financial grounds in the age of digital media.
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And even better, since Galveston is a popular Texas beach town with 32 miles of sandy shores.
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The shore now alternated between open sandy or rocky beaches and jumbled boulders ranging from a foot to many feet in diameter.
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The pair both had matching 8.24 GPAs, putting them at the tippy top of their class of over 500 students.
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Grocery shopping poses a unique set of challenges that involves tippy toes and resourcefulness.
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The pebbly, black-sand beach is known for its calm waters, perfect for swimming.
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The vineyards lie in the Canavese, on the sandy, pebbly slopes of the Ivrea morainic amphitheatre, a vast glacial relief north of Turin that spills into the provinces of Biella and Vercelli.
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But like others interviewed by the AJC, this trainee opted not to report his allegations because of his precarious employment status.
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Even Hollywood critics of the generative AI economy express sympathy for those working in this precarious field.
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After Prine underwent radiation treatment for throat cancer in 1998, his voice dropped an octave and, over time, took on a gravelly quality that matched his elder statesman status.
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The original super Tuscan, Sassicaia—the place of many stones—takes its named from the gravelly soil of the Tenuta San Guido estate in Bolgheri.
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“Rocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocky. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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