Example Sentences

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"Rocks with the right chemistry for enrichment occur only in very specific places, mainly along the steep edges of Earth's thickest and oldest lithosphere."

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Appeared in the December 30, 2025, print edition as 'Boom in Dealmaking Rocks Wealth-Management Business'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Rocks were not the only danger, it was footballing legends taking shots on goal, too.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

Rocks these Chinese brothers used as simple stepping stones for decades are 190-million-year-old dinosaur footprint fossils.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

But when she spoke Valmiki’s mantra, she felt magic on her tongue, like fizzing Pop Rocks candy.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi