rugged
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Many of the AI country tunes tap into the genre's archetype of the lone cowboy: a rugged, taciturn, plain-spoken man who, above all, refuses to apologize for simply existing.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Surrounded by rugged mountains, it is around a 14-hour drive from the capital, Tehran.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
And even if rugged individualism was his brand, he still existed in a world that defined him and which is largely left on the margins here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Ang Dorje hailed from Pangboche, an aggregation of stonewalled houses and terraced potato fields clinging to a rugged hillside at 13,000 feet.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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