Under those rock-hard abs lie the rock-hard souls of men who doesn't believe in spreading their riches around.
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You gotta assume Axe is rock hard in this scene.
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We rock hard on shows because we actually love it.
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But retaining those rock-hard abs while you're carrying a child?
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Freeze mixture until firm but not rock hard, about 2 hours.
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"I'm rock hard on the Second Amendment," Bailey said last month.
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You might get some rock-hard abs, but that's about it.
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I tapped mom on the shoulder, and she was rock hard.
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"These bumps are large, gooey, ugly, and rock-hard," Hilda tells us.
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"This is the proverbial rock/hard place," Howey wrote in an email.
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Your primary weapon is a bucket full of rock-hard Halloween candy.
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The more the accusers talk, the more rock hard Trump's base becomes.
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There are no rock-hard sugar roses or impermeable walls of fondant.
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It was, however, easy to find a rock-hard unripe green mango.
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Kourtney Kardashian and Larsa Pippen weren't hiding their rock-hard abs on Friday.
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Your enormous biceps and rock-hard abs, for instance, could pad your BMI measurement.
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Khloé Kardashian is giving fans a peek at her rock-hard post-baby abs.
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He has also kept fans updated on his rock-hard abs: Downtime 💤 pic.twitter.
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Rock-hard frozen ice cream that tastes like it was made in a lab.
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Rows and rows of rock-hard ice cream can be brutal on the wrists.
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And the mountain's high iron content, which makes the rock hard, has delayed work.
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We roast beetroot in the grinds and dry them until they are rock hard.
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Then, with your rock-hard abs, do your part to support sex worker organizing.
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The thought turned my stomach a bit, but somehow my dick was rock hard.
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If there's a mass that feels like a rock-hard marble, go see your doctor.
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Usually they're rock-hard, and you have to let them sit out for a while.
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It's made into a cube and is rock hard—meant to be a portable snack.
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"Carrots are so rock hard, they don't absorb anything until they've been cooked," Karen Hatfield said.
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Doctors inserted rock-hard tissue expanders in my chest to make room for my future implants.
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By the end, those aforementioned stomach muscles were rock hard and my eyes were puddle wet.
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Margot Robbie's latest role as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding came with a bonus: rock hard abs!
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A rock-hard Abraham Lincoln, 22019th president of the United States, graces the Los Angeles federal courthouse.
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The model showed off her rock-hard abs while the 5SOS musician sported an all-black outfit.
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Magic Mike (2012) Not unlike Channing Tatum's rock-hard abs, Magic Mike just does not get old.
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Leave the treadmill and elliptical behind, because a rock-hard body IS possible without a drop of cardio.
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But I was a competitive gymnast my whole life and was used to having rock hard, flat abs.
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The end result: Buried under 100 kilometers of rock-hard ice is a globe-spanning liquid water ocean.
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This stand-out lip look is only for those with a rock-hard appetite for beauty-based adventure.
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By the time impeachment reached the Senate, it was clear that popular opinion was rock hard against impeachment.
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The same sweet potato batons are tossed in cornstarch and baking soda, and then frozen till rock hard.
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And, in what he calls the hardest part of the entire shoot, he digs into the rock-hard soil.
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Look at that Adam's apple, which is so rock-hard and pronounced it could open a can if necessary.
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In May, Harris posted a now-deleted shirtless photo on Instagram showing off his rock-hard abs and biceps.
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"New and exclusive rock hard 6 pack temperpedic ab pillow, boyfriend not included 💕," the model captioned the photograph.
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Moments before hitting the trampoline, Kim posted a mirror selfie showing off her famous curves and rock-hard abs.
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Who says having ridiculously rock-hard bodies during this time of the year isn't something to be thankful for?
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The model's top was fully popped after the minor crash ... showing off his toned bod and rock hard abs.
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Push a heavy rock hard enough to get it to the other side of the ice, and that's it, right?
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The wind-blown hair, effortlessly styled, multi-thousand dollar outfits, and of course, those photoshopped to perfection rock-hard bodies.
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Whichever $9 Expressie bottle you try first, you'll have a rock-hard, completely-dry manicure in a matter of minutes.
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For some, it's prone to build rock-hard muscle, and for others, it prefers to remain in a softer, curvier state.
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Inventions Li'l Dipper (basically a heated mini ice cream scooper that can get through your rock-hard pint of Ben & Jerry's).
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You'll be transfixed by his rock-hard muscles as you watch him craft your cocktail with those strong hands of his.
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Sugru's rubbery flexible finish allowed it to repair charger cords, which superglues, with their rock-hard finishes, cannot do, she said.
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She divided the rock-hard bread, she broke it down into little pieces and she fed us six times a day.
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You feel your thighs turning into rock-hard muscle, your stomach flattening, your calves turning into two speed bags of death.
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When rock hard, transfer to airtight containers and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month. 4.
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It's an acid triple threat, with lactic, glycolic, and salicylic, all of which work to break down hyperkeratosis, aka rock-hard skin.
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Glee star Chord Overstreet took to Instagram, blessing his timeline and the world with a shirtless photo, showcasing his rock hard abs.
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The pics are sizzling hot, with Tyler showing off his toned bod and rock-hard abs in a pair of black briefs!!!
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" She responds, "I have inside me the image of a rock-hard diamond that nothing can get at, and nothing can crack.
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A fencer stabbed a swimmer in his rock-hard abs only to have the sword bend and the swimmer guffaw in delight.
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This means that muscles such as your obliques and transversus abdominis will strengthen to give you an even more rock-hard foundation.
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It's a reminder that you don't need the rock-hard abs and waxy face of a 22-year-old to remain appealing.
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In one photo, Baldwin also showed off her rock-hard abs with a knitted bra, camouflage-print overalls and a Kendra Scott necklace.
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Delta Air Lines allegedly destroyed a woman's bottom teeth with a rock-hard meal ... and she's stone-cold serious about making them pay.
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A few FDNY firefighters moved a little Car2Go vehicle that was in the way of their big firetruck using their rock hard muscles.
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Desserts at Nord Gourmet included rugbrodscrunch, a rock-hard rye biscotti that surely keeps Danish dentists in business, and a buttery rhubarb crumble.
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Archaeology is about more than rock-hard ruins of palaces and temples, royal mummies in remote tombs and obscure writing on clay tablets.
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In the first Neighbors, Efron's Teddy was a lightning bolt of smarm with a killer smile and a rock-hard set of abs.
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The Abdominizer was a newfangled piece of exercise equipment, an electric blue contraption shaped like a rib cage that promised rock hard abs.
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Johnson started with a "generous amount" of Oribe Curl Shaping Mousse and Oribe Rock Hard Gel to Shahidi's hair while it was still wet.
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But ironically, conference attendees won't be able to hold onto the rock-hard steel of their sensuous guns as they watch Donald Trump's speech.
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Dexter posits its lead might be a monster, but at least he rids the world of bigger monsters — with rock hard biceps no less.
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The luge is a horrifying fast descent through a rock-hard ice tunnel, but as long as a luger doesn't crash, they stay safe.
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I remember giving a woman a rock-hard, nut-filled nutrition bar only to notice that she hardly had the teeth to chew it.
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Another rarer side effect can be having a rock hard erection that doesn't abate—the medical name for this perma-stiffy is called priapism.
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On Monday, the DJ, 32, posted a new shirtless photo (much to his fans' delight) on Instagram showing off his rock-hard abs and biceps.
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The multi-talented star, 49, showed off her rock-hard midsection on Instagram over the weekend, posing on the set of her upcoming film Hustlers.
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It was so sad that Kim walks away from the table and declares their friendship on pause until she has her rock hard body. Valid.
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JON CARAMANICA "Please Me" begins with all of the R&B from 1990 to 1993 compressed into a rock-hard diamond — signature Bruno Mars nostalgia.
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And Efron will now get a very necessary break as he heals up from ACL surgery — though he can probably still maintain those rock-hard abs.
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Unsurprisingly, the jawbreaker held up pretty well, revealing a melty rainbow of colors as it changed from rock-hard candy to a pile of sugar water.
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Griffin showed off his rock-hard abs while sporting pale blue swimshorts, and the bathing suit mogul wore a yellow T-shirt and camouflage print pants.
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That same month Ripa posted a video of Consuelos pretending to look for his phone as he lifts his shirt to reveal his rock-hard abs.
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Mourinho was blessed with a rock-hard defence at Inter, but brought in Diego Milito and Thiago Motta to provide extra backbone further up the field.
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In 2014, Harris signed on as a spokesmodel with Emporio Armani, starring in drool-inducing ads showing off his sculpted frame and rock-hard six-pack.
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You wrap your rock-hard avocado in the tinfoil, place on the baking sheet, and put it in the oven at 200°F for 10 minutes.
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In the meantime, he said he's going to hold onto it and see if other people want to come by to see Trudeau's rock-hard abs.
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Of course, the surfaces of playgrounds were rock-hard, there were no seatbelts in the back seat and no one had ever heard of bike helmets.
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Sunscreen that then dries to a rock hard shell that essentially requires you to rip off the top layer of your skin in order to remove it.
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The unified heavyweight champ hit Miami Beach on Sunday ... showing there's not a care in his rock-hard body right now about a possible AJ-Wilder tilt.
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Shirtcliff posted a photo of her and Hudson posing in front of a Buddhist statue by the same pool, with Hudson's rock-hard abs on full display.
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Next, I cut up my rock hard bread into crouton shapes, drizzled olive oil over them and sent them into the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
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Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin are ABSolutely at war now over their sick "Deadpool 2" physiques ... thanks to the guy who got Ryan in rock hard condition.
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But, that's not all they got in common ... Vinny says Situation's background as a stripper, plus his rock-hard abs, makes him the perfect candidate for Chippendales!!!
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Instead, Colin went shirtless and showed off his rock-hard dad bod along with his new mohawk-style haircut ... and looked pretty serious about getting his reps in.
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Shirtcliff also posted a photo of her and Hudson posing in front of a Buddhist statue by the same pool, with Hudson's rock-hard abs on full display.
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Hot Abe might be made of stone and several centuries deceased, but he's also rock hard all over and ready to go to war for basic human rights.
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While most people are recovering from their Thanksgiving food comas, the One Direction star showed off his sculpted chest and rock-hard abs in a gym selfie Friday.
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Horizontal drilling and fracking enabled production from rock-hard, linear formations rather than the "straw in the glass of Coke" that many people understand oil production to be.
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Last year, Fred Klein spent a lot of time in group exercise classes in Manhattan, although replacing his love handles with rock-hard obliques was not his objective.
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Its interior is rock hard — I watched scientists sweat as they struggled, sometimes unsuccessfully, to extract cores as slender as swizzle straws using a hollow-pointed hand drill.
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Although the definitive versions remain Newton-John's, few monuments to fandom double so effectively as excuses for an artist to rock hard and show off her formal imagination.
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Sure, rock hard abs are nice and a well-defined bicep is always appreciated, but a man who is sensitive enough to cry during Titanic is something really special.
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A vital player in how you sleep is your mattress — if you're sleeping on a rock hard, creaky mattress that you've had for 10 years, it's time to upgrade.
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Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is not willing to dance for Chippendales despite his rock-hard abs and background as a stripper ... Sitch says the male revue can't afford him!!!
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Meet Krystal, glittering and rock hard, sporting a bikini with the design of a Confederate battle flag, and played by Riley Keough, who is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley.
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"Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health," he admitted to the outlet.
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For their public outing, the reality star looked ready for a night out on the town, wearing a hot pink mini dress with a cutout highlighting her rock-hard abs.
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From ingredient-conscious companies like RMS Beauty to drugstore labels like Maybelline, tons of brands have re-texturized, offering smooth and creamy shadow pots over rock-hard pressed-powder palettes.
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The women who walk the runway seem to defy nature, with rock-hard abs, miles-long legs, and wavy locks that look like they've been touched by a (literal) angel.
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In the clip, which is set to Ram Bam's Black Betty, Hough is fully focused and wearing black workout pants and a sports bra, which shows off her rock-hard abs.
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The competition eventually came down to a final round between my ample hips and a boy whose rock hard six pack fought for attention with his piston-like go-go moves.
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Victorians used to have to reconstitute their shriveled, rock-hard hunk of sheep's gut in water before use, and then tie a ribbon around it to keep it from falling off.
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Let's Melt This, the geniuses behind this new video, was surprised that the sulfuric acid actually cooked the bun until it turned rock hard rather than turn it into a soggy mess.
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Instead, it gives her a rock-hard emotional coat of armor that protects her as she becomes a real-life superhero for the downtrodden in her fictional seaside home of Neptune, California.
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Unfortunately, one of the country's most beloved photo ops, the rock hard Trollpikken—literally "Troll Cock"—met a sad demise over the weekend when an unknown vandal severed it Lorena Bobbit–style.
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They officially formed the Black Keys in 2001, playing basic, stomping blues-rock that they went on to merge with other pre-punk styles: glam, rockabilly, Southern soul, garage rock, hard rock.
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"When they brought in rock, hard rock and acid rock, I thought God was trying to tell me it was my turn to get off the stage," she once told an interviewer.
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"Chip" tried to tell me my swollen, bleeding eyes weren't that bad, but something (the rock-hard boner in his hand?) made me believe he had interests in mind that weren't my own.
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Their latest album, Firepower, is an incredible feat for a group that's teetering on the edge of 50 years old, containing an onslaught of head-banging bangers that rock hard and raise hell.
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At the other, where his feet should be, was a five-gallon bucket filled with rock-hard concrete — a mix of cement, sand, gravel and water — encasing his legs up to the shins.
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Along with her sky-high heels, Lopez donned a white cropped top to show off her rock-hard midsection and a long blue and white polka-dot skirt with a tie-waist belt.
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It went down at a charity game in DC a few years back when Rawlings stole the ball from KD, then pushed the rock hard up the court to drain a smooth three.
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Gronk's spending part of his Wednesday showing off his rock-hard abs, toned legs and bulging arms down in Miami, and the retired New England Patriots superstar looks like he's still in game shape.
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Bailey, aboard the eventual fourth-place finisher Eddington, and Alex Solis, who rode the fifth-place finisher Rock Hard Ten, combined to exert tremendous early pressure on Smarty Jones and his jockey, Stewart Elliott.
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Maria enjoyed a little R&R on the island of Lanai over the New Year and, judging by her rock hard body in that tiny black bikini, she's been keeping up with her tennis training.
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Homer J. is morphed into a rock-hard, crime fighting Lothario as he and his partner (the couch) beat down thugs and drug dealers led by an equally muscular and suave underground kingpin, Ned Flanders.
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The director, Barry Jenkins, uses two performances to establish these feelings and experiences, then hands them off to Rhodes, whose final incarnation of Chiron strategically buries all that has preceded him in rock-hard thuggery.
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Skye Sweetnam: I think a lot people on the outside look at it as a very stark contrast from teen cutie pop star to fronting a metal rock hard band; major label to completely independent.
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Then: Scary Spice Now: When she's not doling out feedback for contestants as a judge on America's Got Talent, Mel B is wowing us with her rock-hard abs – at age 41 (and with three kids!).
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As Great Big Story reveals, each creation is a race against time, as Shinri only has about five minutes to turn the softened candy into horses, goldfish, even panda bears, before it becomes rock hard again.
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FLPSDE Dual-Chamber Water Bottle — $28.99 See Details From sleeping on rock-hard fields to standing for hours as you wait for the headliner, music festivals are ripe with opportunities for aches and pains to develop.
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"Normally blockages are caused by fat, oil and wet wipes building up in the sewer but unfortunately in this case it's rock-hard concrete," Alex Saunders, the operations manager for Thames Water, said in a statement.
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By now, we're all well aware of what Kate Hudson's rock-hard abs look like (you don't need a reminder, but here's one anyway) considering she finds every opportunity to flaunt them — and who can blame her?
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We all know that John Krasinski now has rock hard abs for his new movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, but it's obvious the actor will always have a soft spot for his daughter, Hazel.
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It seems that giving massive tax breaks to the wealthy is part of that display of rock-hard power; under the guise of repealing the Affordable Care Act, 22019 million people could be tossed off health insurance.
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Having spent the majority of his long career in the second tier of English football, and after visibly struggling for much of last season, he's now a man mountain at the centre of Leicester's rock-hard defence.
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VR promos nearly vibrate off the screen with the sheer force of their earnest aspiration, leveraging your desperation for a more meaningful digital experience with enough buzzwords to get any tech blog editor rock hard in seconds.
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Though the packaging proudly stated that the product is made in the USA, phrases such as "gentleman entry begins" and "rock hard rerctions (sic)" didn't instill me with confidence that these pills were in any way legit.
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Doctors excavated from the man's right nasal cavity a 19 mm by 11 mm rock-hard mass—the calcified remains of a small amount of marijuana he tried to smuggle into prison a startling 18 years earlier.
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The small crowd is easily divisible into two groups: those who sat freezing on the rock-hard terrace and those who had the foresight to bring makeshift cardboard seats and spare their behinds from the ice-cold stone.
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You don't have to spend your entire dining plan on coffee when you can buy a personal coffee maker instead, and you definitely don't have to sleep on the rock hard, plastic dorm beds when mattress toppers exist.
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They found the broken intake pipe at the front of the Hunley while cleaning away the thick, rock-hard coating of sand, shells, sea life and other materials -- known as concretion -- that built up on it over time.
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He then missed Sunday's win against Butler that sent the Boilermakers to the Sweet 16 because, you know, it's probably a good idea to keep a basketball player off the court if he's wearing a rock-hard cast.
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But don't let those rock hard abs confuse you, because as the singer and fashion's newest favorite confessed in her cover interview with Paper magazine, there is one woman who can get under her skin, and that's Anna Wintour.
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"I'm doing what I want, which is to kick ass in the gym, be empowered by my workouts and feeling strong, but still enjoy life and to value balance above rock hard abs or a lower body fat percentage."
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The rock shrimp — so called as their shells are rock-hard, unlike the brown, pink and tiger varieties, whose shells more closely resemble flimsy plastic — have sweet meats and a texture that resembles uncannily the tail meat of lobsters.
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While some of his team mates struggled to adapt to the firm fairways and rock-hard greens, not so Woods, who was making his first Cup appearance since 2013 having missed the past two events due to back issues.
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At the pool party, I'm playfully tickling the rock-hard breast of a statue in the backyard and I look up to see the don himself cradling a cigar in his teeth as he surveys his kingdom from the central balcony.
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In true turn of the century fashion, Kournikova showed off rock-hard abs in an all-white belly-baring ensemble with strappy heels while Enrique wore distressed flared denim jeans and a black dress shirt paired with a T-shirt.
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But if you don't have rock-hard abs or a ticket to the top of the Empire State Building at your disposal, don't stress: simply sprinkle a few classic movie lines throughout to give your own words a little lift.
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"I'm doing what I want which is to kick ass in the gym, be empowered by my workouts and feeling strong, but still enjoy life and to value balance above rock hard abs or a lower body fat percentage," she wrote.
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That all sounds very much like the president isn't picking and choosing who will suffer the most from his trade war based on who has the willpower to sit by nodding politely as he chokes down a rock-hard steak.
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WATCH: Elizabeth Mitchell Dishes on 'The Purge: Election Year' Costar Frank Grillo's Soft Side & His Rock Hard Abs With The First Purge getting her on screens all over the country, Davis is hoping this leads to more action roles in the future.
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The 38-year-old Spaniard, benefiting from the huge carries afforded by the rock-hard fairways, crunched a 400-yard drive at the par-four 10th hole that landed in the infamous Barry Burn that snakes its way round the Carnoustie links.
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Kang was not the only player to run up a big number on a day of carnage as strong winds, rock-hard greens and thick rough conspired to prevent anyone from breaking 70 at the event for the first time in 40 years.
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Photo: Getty ImagesOn Black Friday, Amazon CEO and richest man in the world Jeff Bezos—famous for both his dominance of the entire online retail market and pivot to rock-hard biceps—hit a net worth of $100 billion, according to a Bloomberg analysis.
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But get a man to openly label himself as a romantic, and it's seen as some brave act, going above and beyond his duties as a stoic, rock-hard god to show the world he's capable of feeling something other than fear or apathy.
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His rock hard D. Cameron is the executive producer of The Game Changers, a documentary that attempts to debunk the ideas that plant-based diets are low in protein or are poor choices for men who'd like to look like Muscle & Fitness cover models.
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Aside from Rodriguez, Lopez and her dancers made up most of the class that day, and it was a little intimidating to be standing next to these longtime athletes with rock-hard abs and toned arms who take the class several times a week.
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Conditions could not be more contrasting nine months on and a summer of permanent sunshine has left the straw-colored fairways rock hard, making it tough for the players to control the ball on the undulating links layout on the east coast of Scotland.
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While it can be difficult to find a way to express that sentiment with a gift — which is why they say it's the thought that counts — you still want to make sure you give them something good and not, like, rock hard fruit cake.
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Harry Kane was banging in the goals up front, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen seemed increasingly influential in the midfield, while their centre-back pairing of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld was rock hard, and the foundation for one of the best defences in the land.
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Last October, porn studio Reality Kings released a scene with the nondescript title "Rock Hard," in which Phoenix Marie—a ten-year industry veteran in her mid-30s—decompresses after a workout only to be distracted by her "stepson" loudly jamming on his guitar in the garage.
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The final project of Capcom subsidiary Clover Studio—which officially closed in March 2007 only to be "reborn" as PlatinumGames—is supposed to be knuckles-bleedingly rock hard, so I opted for an "easy" mode slap-about for an hour or so, to see if I'd get sweaty.
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The artist has taken the amulets' varied forms and enlarged them enormously in relation to the original, but the resulting sculptures, made from styrofoam covered in rock-hard papier mâché, remain very much on a human scale, with most of them the size of a three-year-old child.
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When you're promised something like "rock hard abs in 28 days," told one special tea is all you need to lose those last 10 pounds or bombarded with flashy advertisements passed off as legitimate information, it's easy to see why so many people just throw up their hands and give up.
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I'd be the first to admit that part of the problem might be the rock-hard suspension in my 13-year-old car, but still, it's not an issue I've experienced with my usual magnetic vent mount, so it feels as if the weight of the Juice Pack is to blame.
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The reality star sisters were photographed leaving a studio together — pregnant Khloé camouflaged her growing baby belly with a long-sleeve black T-shirt and Kim, who is expecting a baby girl (her third child with husband Kanye West) via surrogate, showed off her rock-hard abs in a black sports bra.
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Whether it was that time in the '80s you thought perming your hair and spraying your bangs into a rock-hard claw was the height of fashion, or those '90s middle school days where you put so much roll-on glitter all over your face before the big dance you were rivaling the disco ball.
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Perry never shows Crawford on the set, and never has Dunaway impersonate any of Crawford's emblematic performances; rather, Dunaway, portraying the star in her private life, captures Crawford's oblivious brutality and relentless intensity, her passionate yet controlled and rock-hard presence that's as terrifying when it's maintained as it is explosive when it breaks.
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And no matter how many times customers asked me to tell them what was in the Milk & Cookies ice cream — vanilla ice cream with a chocolate cookie swirl, chocolate chip and chocolate chocolate chip cookies — or asked me to scoop a quart of the always-rock-hard New York Super Fudge Chunk, I would be able to handle it.
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If the men succeeded, they hoped the Communist Party officials would be moved to action by the stories detailed in the petition: That of 24-year-old Mr. Xi, who now sat cross-legged on the rock-hard bed, with a scar on his wrist from where he slashed it while pleading for help in his local health commission.
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Or is the secret to aging well right in front of us, in the details of restaurant work itself: keeping the juice for the cocktail freshly squeezed, the ice cubes clean and rock hard, the parsley chopped at the last minute, the butter kept cool but not cold, the cheese ripe, the french fries piping hot?
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You may think there's nothing easier than throwing a sleeve full of frozen mini bagels into the toaster oven, but even for an expert bagel-iolo like me, at least three out of every four bagels fall short in some way: the topping slides off the bagel sticking to the roof of my mouth scalding it, the mini "sausage" pieces over-render—turning ashen and crumbly—or the bagel itself turns somehow rock hard.
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In "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," the Netflix rom-com that became a runaway young-adult hit, Lara Jean's father (played by John Corbett) attempts and fails to cook his daughters a favorite Korean dish from their mother's recipe; the rock-hard roast pork he serves is played for laughs, but it highlights the gaps that her passing has left in their lives, both familial and cultural, and ways that these have left Lana Condor's Lara Jean feeling unmoored and isolated from the world.
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