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But the challenge in this museum is to get the right “American” roughness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"There is no wear, no surface roughness and no direct contact. Dissipation is generated solely by collective magnetic rearrangements."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Most EV charging stocks didn’t perform very well this year, partially due to roughness in the EV market.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

He drew seven fines last season and has been fined three times this season for a total of $34,784 for unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary roughness violations.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Ma rubbed the carrot across the roughness until she had rubbed it all through the holes, and when she lifted up the pan, there was a soft, juicy mound of grated carrot.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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