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Recent Examples of rocker
However, for many years, Tyler believed she had been fathered by another rocker, singer Todd Rundgren, who signed her birth certificate and raised her.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Starkey has performed with English rockers Oasis, who reunited after more than a decade of squabbling to start touring again in July.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
All of that meant that by the time the California rockers took the stage, the crowd was completely fired up and ready to lose it.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025
Its design seems to stay consistent with the iPhone 16 lineup, featuring volume rockers and Action Button on the left side.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Starkey has performed with English rockers Oasis, who reunited after more than a decade of squabbling to start touring again in July.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
All of that meant that by the time the California rockers took the stage, the crowd was completely fired up and ready to lose it.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025
Its design seems to stay consistent with the iPhone 16 lineup, featuring volume rockers and Action Button on the left side.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocker
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First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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After the game, Trump mocked pop star Taylor Swift, who is dating Mahomes’ teammate Travis Kelce.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Anyone who has spent time online recently has likely come across Ordinary, the ballad by Alex Warren that has been soundtracking romantic videos and emotional content everywhere.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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In a poll published Friday (April 18) on Billboard, music fans chose the alt-pop icon’s gorgeous new ballad as their favorite new release of the past week.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
20 Apr. 2025
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Sound is a gift from the universe, in my case from my mother, who sang me a lullaby while holding me against her chest.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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Interestingly, this shifting debate over how cognition influences culture coincides with a spate of research bridging psychology and anthropology, which explores why certain behaviors – such as singing lullabies, curative bloodletting and storytelling – recur across human cultures.—
Eli Elster,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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The National’s Matt Berninger has released another single from his second solo album.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
18 Apr. 2025
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But an Oswaldo Cabrera solo shot put the Yankees down one in the fifth before a force out off the bat of Cody Bellinger tied the game at three.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The ensuing brutal crackdown killed thousands – many of the victims were young men from impoverished shanty towns, shot by police and rogue gunmen as part of a campaign to target dealers.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Those who stayed on Goose Island upgraded from shanties to frame cottages and two-story houses.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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This week, the rock legends return to the British charts with Strange Days 1967: A Work in Progress, a special vinyl release that reminds longtime followers of the group’s distinctive style and Jim Morrison’s unmistakable vocals, both of which are spectacular – even in rough form.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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While most performers have backup singers, a backing track, or a live band with them, Sheeran was on his own during his set, using his vocals, a keyboard, a guitar, and a looping station to create the beat of each song.—
Ema Sasic,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oil giant BP is bracing itself for a shareholder backlash at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, with a chorus of disgruntled investors planning to voice their concerns over the firm’s green strategy U-turn.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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An orchestra, a chorus, a jazz big band, a marching band—these are complex macroorganisms whose inner workings require formidable feats of interactive precision, all of which depend on information encoded in a written score.—
Matthew Aucoin,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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There’s something about the honest expression of a folk song that speaks more to someone who is asking those questions.—
Alan Light,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Demonstrators in Sonoma County wine country sang along to Woody Guthrie folk songs.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Rocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocker. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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