rough
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In this amount of time, seismic waves in the surrounding area can indicate the rough size of the landslide and whether it occurred near open water.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
After some rough days and nights they have some of their feelgood back.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The adjustment to the college game was a bit rough for them at first, and the sisters did not get much playing time together until their junior year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Shares have more than doubled this year, rising 134% despite the recent rough patch.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
They were rough, with calluses from sewing, burns from ironing, cuts from slicing potatoes.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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But the road is rougher these days for many in the ChatGPT generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He looks a bit rougher and tougher and I don't think Coventry will keep him out.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But bonds are also an excellent barometer of broader investor sentiment, particularly during times of equity market excess, and usually act as an early beacon for rougher seas ahead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Add it all up, and the economy is poised for a rougher ride at least through the early summer.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
As they rowed deeper into the bay, the waves got larger and rougher.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, or is the selloff just getting started?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"They're the roughest people you'll ever meet," Trump told the New York Post on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It’s the roughest patch I’ve ever had,” said Foreman, who has been buying toy brands since the early 1990s and went through a bankruptcy-court reorganization of debt last year and Covid-related supply bottlenecks before that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
I considered leaving off my boots, as feet that can run bare over Tarbean’s rooftops are in no danger of being hurt by the roughest forest floor.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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‘Actually I, uh, roughed out a draft of it while you were at that, uh, baby thing. Do you mind?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Over the weekend, he posted a long message complaining that the New York Times was planning to report that he’d gotten roughed up, injuring his shoulder, in a sparring match with an agency jujitsu instructor.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025
Now, once again, India’s corporate champion has been roughed up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
The right-hander was roughed up for four runs and four hits in 4 ⅓ innings of a 6-0 Freeway Series exhibition loss to the Angels in Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Misty rain roughed the water as waves washed over his head.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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However, a roughing the kicker call on a Centennial punt ended Servite’s hopes of a rally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
If there is a non-Glasgow team capable of roughing up the big two as Heart of Midlothian did repeatedly last season then we're in for a wild ride.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“While we’ve made a lot of improvements, you still feel like you’re roughing it, and I love that.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Facing fourth-and-19, he managed to convert with a completion to receiver Wan’Dale Robinson—while absorbing a roughing the passer that gave New York an additional 15 yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
“I’m thinking someone’s patron might have been roughing it last night with a cheery little campfire ” Denna’s face fell.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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