rugged
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Instead, they invested in a £1m house tucked away on Devon's rugged and remote Hartland Peninsula - and looked for a community of like-minded people to join them.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Now fear clouds the memories: Does the rugged, magical place of my mind’s eye still exist?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Additional reinforcements are set to arrive Wednesday, including a crew from the Chumash Fire Department and specially designed wildland fire engines, which will help increase access to rugged sections of the island.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Most of the way now lay through the Strellon Game Reserve, country that was more desolate and rugged than anything they had yet encountered.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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