rugged
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By combining remote sensing observations, established hydrological knowledge, and interpretable AI methods, the framework helps address long-standing difficulties in studying High Mountain Asia, including rugged terrain and incomplete information about human water use.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Five West Texas sheriffs likewise wrote to federal officials saying advanced surveillance technology would be better suited to stopping undocumented migration in the rugged terrain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Australia regularly sends specialist teams to the US and Canada, and vice versa, with many requests for what's known as "arduous fire crews": those who have fought fires in rugged and remote areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Constitutional Union Party proposed to save the nation, he noted, “by ignoring all the rugged issues of the day”—there was no direct mention of slavery in its platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That this rugged countenance with its air of violence should give her entrance into such a realm of wonder.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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