rugged
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Until last year, firefighters for the National Forest Service were banned from wearing face masks due to concerns about their ability to operate in rugged mountain terrains.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Researchers traced them to Brimham Rocks, a rugged area in North Yorkshire.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rugged, lawless rural life attracted all walks of youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Below it twenty fathoms or more, there was a wide and rugged shelf which ended suddenly in the brink of a sheer cliff: the East Wall of Rohan.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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