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Recent Examples of rock-ribbed
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
Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rock-ribbed
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In many parts of the developing world, China has come to be seen as a rapacious and unbending creditor, not so different from the Western multinational corporations and lenders that sought to collect on bad debts in decades past.—
Michael Bennon,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Aug. 2023
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Assad responded then with unbending violence, and the revolt turned into a bloody civil war that tore the country apart.—
Sarah Dadouch,
Washington Post,
25 Aug. 2023
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The scenes of poor Pabst trying to help her while suffering the glare of her implacable egocentricity are perhaps the funniest—and, in some ways, the saddest—in the novel.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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So many of these shows focus on the futility or grim determination or flawed goofiness of a few individuals set against the massive implacable nightmare of giant institutions.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Eisenhower didn’t dismantle the New Deal bureaucracy or take hard-line measures against the Soviets.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The more than 1,000 pages of legislation and 42 pages of amendments are a case study in how to win over both moderates and hard-line conservatives.—
Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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What the uncompromising Russians fail to fully grasp is that the Soviet Union died in 1991 and is not coming back.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The uncompromising German inventor of the 12-tone system had just fled Nazi Germany, and the meeting became a battle of high art and entertainment.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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But that tiredness plays well into Yokozuna’s character as an immovable mountain of a man, which leaves Hart to mostly wrestle around him and try to get him off his feet.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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And while the rest of her Passover menu might change every year, matzo ball soup is a critical, immovable tradition.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Redefining Strength In Leadership Traditional notions of strength in legal leadership emphasize stoicism and an unyielding demeanor.—
Raquel Gomes,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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For almost the entire match, their support was utterly unyielding.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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From IoT sensors and smart devices to social media streams and transactional logs, the information influx is relentless.—
Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Pacers have been relentless in hunting Brunson and Towns when either is on the floor, frequently calling them into screens.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
29 May 2025
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Still, Naz, whose solitary ways confuse his family, very much wishes that Aziza wasn’t meeting his adamantine mother, Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson), or his famous father, or his ex-state-senator older brother, Junior (Glenn Davis), recently incarcerated for embezzling campaign funds.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Image My first collision with the adamantine wall of Vivamayr house rules coincided with my arrival.—
Caity Weaver,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Rock-ribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rock-ribbed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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