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rockers

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plural of rocker

as in blues

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These standout ballads touted a rugged lifestyle with elements of organized crime, which aided his primo’s ascent to the mainstream.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
These songs were less detailed than the ballads but conveyed intense emotion gleaned from an often hardscrabble existence.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of ballads

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The next step in the process involves the city drafting a redevelopment plan outlining development standards before holding public hearings and seeking additional approvals.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
If an employer chooses to grant recognition, no election takes place, and the parties begin bargaining a contract that sets standards for wages, working conditions and benefits.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of standards

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Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Notorious Knicks villains such as Trae Young, Joel Embiid and CJ McCollum received similarly contentious choruses in recent postseasons.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026

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Thanks in part to the addictive vocals of band members Adriana Flores and Bryan Ponce, the Altons were designated as one of the flagship bands for roots label Daptone Records new soul spinoff, Penrose Records.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Under the spotlight, her sentimental vocals land softly with a crowd that’s happy to see her.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of vocals

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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
The songs, by Randy Newman, are simple but charming little ditties, particularly the ensemble numbers where this makeshift band of misfits express their devotion to one another.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 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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The musical features a book by Jenna Clark Embrey and Molly Beach Murphy, which music and lyrics by Train, choreography by David Neumann, direction by Lorin Latarro and music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Usifer.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Between Bon Jovi being home-ish from the band's Sayreville, New Jersey, roots and also back home on stage, the resonance of the lyrics were apparent on his face.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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