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hardy

[hahr-dee] / ˈhɑr di /


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Even rigorous sterilization cannot eliminate every hardy organism.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

And then, even after the departure of many hardy attendees who had made it through the whole event, he remained.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Lee reaches to sniff some hardy Cleveland sage 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Those immediately guarding the president seem to be hardy and quick, but the peripheries of such events are a continuing problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

I asked Jennings to show me some of his favorite hardies.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021

Softies and hardies have been fighting for as long as I can remember.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 4, 2013

Tulips bloom in February and March; Daffodils, German Iris, and other hardies from February to May; also Lilies-of-the-Valley, which latter are more scarce on account of the dryness of the atmosphere.

From Beautiful Gardens in America by Louise Shelton

Eventually, the noise came back, and the national sense of shared shock and grief morphed into something uglier, hardier, and less focused.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, scientists are looking for hardier cardamom varieties.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

Cartoonish horseplay would have gotten a hardier laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

These conditions led to slow-growing tall trees with deeper rooting systems able to access the water, making them hardier in the face of drought, Chen said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

Either because they were quicker and hardier, or because of some plan of Grishnákh’s, the Isengarders gradually passed through the Orcs of Mordor, and Grishnákh’s folk closed in behind.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Frigid air blows in from the north, blast-freezing the city's lakes and rivers and only the hardiest souls would dare to plunge into the icy water.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

Those who travel during the holidays are used to long trips, but only the hardiest would try a 1,900-mile van ride.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2024

But this stagnant summer is testing even the hardiest, and putting many more people at risk.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Show me the hardiest, easiest-to-care-for plant in the world, and within three days, I'll show you a pile of dead leaves.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023

But about the Gate resistance still was stout, and there the knights of Dol Amroth and the hardiest of the garrison stood at bay.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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