rough
Example Sentences
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"As a woman rough sleeper, you're far, far less likely to be discovered rough sleeping and that's your route into services, into support, into accommodation," says Lucy Campbell from the Single Homeless Project.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Congolese mining towns tend to be porous and migrant-heavy, rough, difficult places to live in some of the country’s roughest, most difficult areas, where there is plenty of reason to distrust outsiders.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Sagan and his team mapped out flight paths for placeholders, based on stadium locations and rough dates, long before the official drawing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"The fans are just brutal here," said Guercio, who remembers a 2000s rough patch marked by six straight seasons without a playoff berth and the "dirt chanting" directed at coach Isiah Thomas.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The rough exterior was the result of a hailstorm in Oklahoma two weeks ago.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
