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Recent Examples of rocky
But after signing an $8.6 million, one-year contract, the start to Williams' Yankees career has been rocky at best.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Relations between Kyiv and Washington have been rocky ever since a heated exchange during Zelensky’s visit to the Oval Office in February, where tensions boiled over when Zelensky noted that Russia has broken agreements with Ukraine in the past.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
After a rocky 2024 marred by a restructuring of its sales team and lower revenues per user, Dexcom’s stock lost about 37% of its value.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Hamilton has been having a rocky start to his first season with the red team.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Relations between Kyiv and Washington have been rocky ever since a heated exchange during Zelensky’s visit to the Oval Office in February, where tensions boiled over when Zelensky noted that Russia has broken agreements with Ukraine in the past.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
After a rocky 2024 marred by a restructuring of its sales team and lower revenues per user, Dexcom’s stock lost about 37% of its value.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Hamilton has been having a rocky start to his first season with the red team.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocky
Adjective
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Havoc brings the heat, throwing Tom Hardy's stony Walker into a hotbed of gangsters, dirty cops, corrupt elites, and wicked assassins.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Yeo, with even less to work with, fares a little better with her stony matriarch character, doing a lot with a simple tilt of her face to the sky and a single tear.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Then Mitchell got hot in the clutch, scoring nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from three-point range in overtime after a shaky first half that included 0-of-4 shooting from the field.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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By pushing the deportation debate, Trump is keeping the focus away from the negative economic news that has dented his approval rating thanks to the shaky rollout of his tariff plans and the ensuing roller coaster results in the stock markets.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sifting through the sandy dirt on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, archaeologists expected to find something.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Or, close your eyes, reach your arms overhead and lift up on the tippy toes of both feet.—
Katy Bowman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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Suzanne Couples, Fred’s wife, rose to her tippy toes to look over the gallery.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Now a few months into his second term as president, peace talks between the two countries are looking precarious.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Finding a job is always a challenge, especially in the current precarious economic climate.—
Iris Dorbian,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Gently fold the tipsy cherries into the mousse and add some of the remaining liquor (if desired).—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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One day, the resort hosts a grand festival and the younger daughter, slightly tipsy, boards her family’s yacht and sails out, before waking up the next morning and finding the prince onboard.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My new favourite spot nearby was a long, sunken garden, complete with stone fountains, a gravelly terrace, and grand staircases sprawling down from street level.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
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Goldberg said one recent afternoon, in her gravelly voice.—
André Wheeler,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During the two to three-week period before and after Mercury and Venus retrogrades, the energy is at its wonkiest and most intense.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Depending on the bike, this can counteract any wonky feel of the ride.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Rocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocky. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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