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The project, which is designed to include periodic nourishments every five to seven years for 50 years, got off to a rocky start when an original dredge location was delivering more rocks and pebbles than expected and a new borrow location had to be found.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
It’s all feeds into a rocky period for The Old Lady after a good start to the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The crust of rocky worlds like our own, and even icy worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa, can be significantly fractured by the passage of a shockwave from an impact.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
It’s all feeds into a rocky period for The Old Lady after a good start to the season.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The crust of rocky worlds like our own, and even icy worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa, can be significantly fractured by the passage of a shockwave from an impact.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The decision by Sommer to dismiss the case came four days into Baldwin’s trial and at the end of a rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Some trails that probe this stony playground are Granite Gardens, Constellation, Centennial and Watson Lake Loop.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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In the wild, Atlantic pillar corals suffered a 97% decline in Florida between 2015-2024, primarily from the stony coral disease.Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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Still, starting out on such shaky financial ground was far from ideal.Amy Landino, Contributor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
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And the job market is still shaky: at 5.6 percent, unemployment in Nevada is the worst in the country, way above the national rate of 4.1 percent.Paula Ramon, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Affordable Rentals In The Algarve With over 300 days of sunshine a year, a stunning coastline of 150 sandy beaches, friendly locals, delicious cuisine and local wines, and a low cost of living, the Algarve is many expats’ favorite Portuguese region.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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This is a more wild, remote section of the trail with more technical sections that require you to watch your footing over rocky coasts, sandy beaches, and wetlands.Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024
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In Kay Thompson’s famed 1950s book series, the famed blonde character lived in a room on the tippy top floor of the Plaza in New York with her pug, Weenie, and pet turtle, Skipperdee.Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
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Paired with the haptic feedback of the controller, which vibrates in tandem with each tippy tappy step and hefty blow, Astro’s character model feels tangible and heavy with real-world weight.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
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The developments come at a precarious time for Ukraine.Kostyantyn Hak, Darya Tarasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Harris campaign is in a precarious position now, with anything that siphoned off votes from her final tally now a major problem.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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Aslin Summer Games at Aslin Beer Company The same weekend the Olympics kick off in Paris, teams of tipsy contestants in Washington can compete for something even better than the gold: Aslin gift cards, trophies and bragging rights.Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Candles are lit, music is playing, and J. and I are tipsy and happy.R29 Team, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2024
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From far above, the area around Yanghai cemetery looks like a collection of ground-dwelling wasp dens, drilled into a gravelly desert.Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2018
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This is the gravelly voice-over of Henry Hill speaking dutifully about downtown theater!Hunter Harris, Vulture, 27 May 2022
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Meanwhile, Richmond's last two mayoral elections, in 2020 and 2016, weren't called until Wednesday evening — the day after the election — in part due to absentee ballots and the city's wonky version of an Electoral College, according to media reports at the time.Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Not surprisingly, there were many similarities: an urban heat island — which has raised temperatures there more than here — wonky air conditioners, cooling centers.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Rocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocky. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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