rugged

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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

At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Eiso Kant, another guest of Huang’s at the opera reception, is a three-time former startup founder who lives outside of Lisbon, Portugal, where he likes to go sailing along the rugged coastline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The rugged individualists’ arguments run the gamut from a sincere nostalgia — many chairs designed and installed in the 20th century didn’t even have safety bars, they note — to the intentionally absurd.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Across the river and from far back in the rugged mountains I heard the baying of a hound.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls