rugged
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Here, the sun cast stark, dramatic shadows across the moon’s steep cliffs, rugged ripples and seemingly bottomless craters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
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
Surrounded by rugged mountains, it is around a 14-hour drive from the capital, Tehran.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Perhaps in time it would come to seem rugged, this chin like a wedge of cheese.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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