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hardy

[hahr-dee] / ˈhɑr di /


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And then, even after the departure of many hardy attendees who had made it through the whole event, he remained.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Lee reaches to sniff some hardy Cleveland sage 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Those immediately guarding the president seem to be hardy and quick, but the peripheries of such events are a continuing problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

We all know that successful people come from hardy seeds.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

I asked Jennings to show me some of his favorite hardies.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021

Softies and hardies have been fighting for as long as I can remember.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 4, 2013

Tulips bloom in February and March; Daffodils, German Iris, and other hardies from February to May; also Lilies-of-the-Valley, which latter are more scarce on account of the dryness of the atmosphere.

From Beautiful Gardens in America by Louise Shelton

Eventually, the noise came back, and the national sense of shared shock and grief morphed into something uglier, hardier, and less focused.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Reed, Kachuck said, spoils quickly after being picked, but could be made hardier via genetic intervention, such as cross-breeding.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025

These conditions led to slow-growing tall trees with deeper rooting systems able to access the water, making them hardier in the face of drought, Chen said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

The first Zebus arrived in Brazil in the latter half of the 19th century and they proved far hardier than European stock.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of wasted, washed-out land abandoned to the hardier weeds.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

There will always be those hardiest of Caddyshack souls prepared to battle 40mph winds and driving rain, bunting their ball down muddy fairways and putting across soaked greens.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

Those who travel during the holidays are used to long trips, but only the hardiest would try a 1,900-mile van ride.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2024

Studies show that when the ice-free period extends to six months, even the hardiest Hudson Bay bears, generally healthy adult males, will struggle to survive.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2024

Indeed, pesticides had been so effective at killing all but the hardiest of bed bugs that some Americans were surprised when they returned, starting in the early 2000s.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024

But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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