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Recent Examples of rocker
In a post shared on X, the Bay Area rocker described meeting a man who recognized him from across the street and began recounting, in vivid detail, a Van Halen concert from three decades ago.
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Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Amy Madigan started as a rocker-performance artist, but later turned to acting.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Teresa Gillis, the 95-year-old mother of rocker Jack White, died Saturday in Detroit.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Written by Young and his dad, this is a rousing folk-rocker with a serious point about an ex-con and his tough times getting back to the working world.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
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Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
Amy Madigan started as a rocker-performance artist, but later turned to acting.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Teresa Gillis, the 95-year-old mother of rocker Jack White, died Saturday in Detroit.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Written by Young and his dad, this is a rousing folk-rocker with a serious point about an ex-con and his tough times getting back to the working world.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocker
Noun
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Good vibes are a specialty of this English trio, who find the common ground between classic Bacharach-style pop and the modern electronic kind.—
Brett Milano,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Deocampo also is the co-founder of ARKADE, a 25-member K-pop dance team that performs throughout Southern California.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Asian version will take flight after the original contest takes place in Vienna in May, with 35 countries competing in the singing contest known for outrageous costumes, towering ballads and high-energy performances.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bruzzone’s vocals seesaw between throat-buzzing alien croaks and clean vocals that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Mars Volta ballad.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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That tourism-ad Zambia, with views of Mosi-oa-Tunya and sunrises that bled color into the marshmallow-white of the clouds through the raging waterfall, or the sound of Lake Bangweulu whipping the white beach as lullaby.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
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Artists help parents identify their childrens' personality traits and habits to create a unique lullaby.—
Madeline Montgomery,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The announcement, which was preceded by a series of cryptic posts from the singer, comes over five years after her last major solo concert.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Espionage is never a solo performance.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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While the entire band was a powerhouse, as lead singer Malo brought not only strong, soulful vocals that could veer between a Roy Orbison-esque baritone croon and country twang, but a genial humor that often manifested itself during the group’s concerts.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2025
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Leo, meanwhile, shifts from rhythm guitar for the Hazards to lead guitar and trumpet for Elemental Sparks while Olivia handles rhythm guitar and lead vocals.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Digitally tweaked to fit the syncopated rhythm and stay on key, Weir’s vocals have a discomfiting quality that’s almost certainly unintentional—especially considering how often the beauty of the Dead lied in their very human imperfections.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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There’s an intimacy to it in the verses, and then there’s a big dynamic jump, an octave jump between the verse and the chorus, which just explodes into this hopeful, optimistic thing.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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Yet athletic departments are still operating as tax-exempt nonprofits, even as a growing chorus of voices, from academia to politics, is wondering whether this designation should be reevaluated.—
Andrew Urbaczewski,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sonically, the track (produced and composed by Gavilan) is a melancholic grassroots folk song accompanied by weeping guitar riffs and a heart-pounding cajón.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
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The album is named after a Korean folk song.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Rocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocker. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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