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Rockies

American  
[rok-eez] / ˈrɒk iz /

Rockies British  
/ ˈrɒkɪz /

plural noun

  1. another name for the Rocky Mountains

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“This has been the most challenging winter across the Rockies that we have ever experienced,” Katz said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He was back in the lineup Monday, collecting his first hit with a single in three at-bats against the Colorado Rockies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Serafini made his big-league debut in 1996 with the Twins and pitched with the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

But the mayor also pointed to a possibility shared by others at the vigil — that the picturesque mining town in the foothills of the Rockies will be identified by this killing indefinitely.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

It further rankled the westerners that the prejudices of the East overwhelmingly prevailed in the national press, which often seemed to operate on the assumption that anything west of the Rockies was China.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown