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rugged

[ruhg-id] / ˈrʌg ɪd /






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They are rugged concrete basins with shells fixed to vertical man-made walls.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“By the time we were done, we had planted 225,000 trees across an area the size of Denmark, from the rugged interior of the province to the lush rainforests of the West Coast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The Rockets are a tough and rugged team that is good on defense and at rebounding.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

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

Somebody was wanted to feed lumber into the rig to prove how rugged these new steel models were.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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