rugged
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The landscape was rugged and swampy, filled with insects and dense vegetation that Osinski described as "deep, twisty, gnarly vegetation."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Authorities focused their search in the forest in the area Sunday, where rugged terrain hindered their efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
They also ran into a rugged Everton defence, with Jarrad Branthwaite magnificent as he stepped up his claims for a place in Thomas Tuchel's next England squad after injury troubles.
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
We were flying over rugged country, and there was nowhere to land until we got to the bush airstrip at Ruaha.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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