rugged
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If the NFL had a visage, it would be Ditka’s, with his thick hair, rugged mustache and a nose that looked hit by a barn door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Outside of tourism and picking matsutake mushrooms, there are few other sources of wealth in this rugged, historically impoverished corner of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Its ultimate collapse marks "the latest transformation of the park's remote and rugged coastline".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Researchers encountered the snails at several locations while working in the region's rugged mountain terrain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
There was a smile on his wide rugged face.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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