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hardy

[hahr-dee] / ˈhɑr di /


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Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Their plans include bringing in large herbivores including ponies, hardy cattle and eventually even bison to graze the land naturally, and there are hopes pine martens, beavers and golden eagles could recolonise the landscape.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

They’re hardy horses, and can be enlisted as pack animals high up in the mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

There was a hardy little sapling growing in the snow in front of the cottage.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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