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Rocked by an avalanche of growth-sapping shocks, countries around the world are tearing up savings plans and rolling out large fiscal stimulus packages financed by bumper budget deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

But this is not the story Peter Guralnick looks to tell in his mammoth new book, “The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

He also directed The Boat That Rocked, About Time and Love Actually - all three of which he also wrote the screenplays for.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

Rocked by the departure of Lionel Messi from its struggling men’s team, its ballooning debt, and a scandal-ridden turnover in its presidency, Barcelona needed its women’s team to uphold its championship tradition.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Rocked him with one hand, gently, while she waved good-bye to Mama, and kept rocking long after her mother rounded the corner and disappeared into the ferny forest growth.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich