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A rally in tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher, bringing some relief to investors after a rough stretch marked by inflation worries, an interest-rate hike, and an ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In the occupied West Bank's arid region of Masafer Yatta, Emar made a smooth concrete floor on two caves' rough limestone ground before applying a white limewash on the brittle stone walls.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

If the Fed lifts rates on Wednesday, stocks could be in for a rough patch, according to this chart from Goldman Sachs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The good news for investors is that, no matter the outcome, the historical pre-midterm rough patch is almost over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Star was licking Rowan's cheeks and forehead with her rough, cool tongue.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Shelley Ayres, who also lives opposite the beach at Shoreham, said: "The sea has been very calm for months and months, but today it has got a lot rougher."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Your son has, perhaps, been given a rougher deal: Even though he is a full-time student with little or no income, he still pays about $500 for health insurance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

But in a 1989 profile by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, he has frizzy hair and rougher features.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

She guides us and listens to each of us and what we need and how to make it maybe look a little bit nicer or rougher or whatever it is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

The next day I tried to go with Father, but he said he was going into a rougher area that day, so I spent the whole time inside the stable.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, or is the selloff just getting started?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

"They're the roughest people you'll ever meet," Trump told the New York Post on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Congolese mining towns tend to be porous and migrant-heavy, rough, difficult places to live in some of the country’s roughest, most difficult areas, where there is plenty of reason to distrust outsiders.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

‘Actually I, uh, roughed out a draft of it while you were at that, uh, baby thing. Do you mind?’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

Over the weekend, he posted a long message complaining that the New York Times was planning to report that he’d gotten roughed up, injuring his shoulder, in a sparring match with an agency jujitsu instructor.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025

Now, once again, India’s corporate champion has been roughed up.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Clayton Kershaw was roughed up for seven runs on Wednesday night in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2024

Pap roughed up Stanky’s neck and said, “What a dog!”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“While we’ve made a lot of improvements, you still feel like you’re roughing it, and I love that.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

It burned through Water Canyon Campground, where I spent my final night in relative comfort after roughing it in the backcountry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

“There should have been two roughing the quarterbacks and one high hit to the head that weren’t called,” Cignetti said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

"I'm used to roughing it from going away with the lads climbing," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

“I’m thinking someone’s patron might have been roughing it last night with a cheery little campfire ” Denna’s face fell.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss