hardy
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Topanga Creek is home to another endangered fish, the small but hardy northern tidewater goby, often described as cute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Groups of all ages converged on the city centre to the sound of drums and guitars, with hardy pilgrims lugging rucksacks and camping material on their backs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
It is a small but hardy and nutritious wild potato that still grows across southwestern North America today, ranging from southern Utah and Colorado into northern Mexico.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 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
As she said, we were the people of the Tang, by which she meant we were a tough, hardy, patient race.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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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 Shelton, Louise
Meanwhile, scientists are looking for hardier cardamom varieties.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 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
At night, the carriers rested the Mazu statue in a temple, and hardier pilgrims slept in the temple or on the nearby streets. unrolling thin rubber mattresses.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Europa’s delicate instruments are a little hardier than a human, but not by much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
There were miles of pastures and tens of miles of wasted, washed-out land abandoned to the hardier weeds.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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There will always be those hardiest of Caddyshack souls prepared to battle 40mph winds and driving rain, bunting their ball down muddy fairways and putting across soaked greens.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 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
Only the hardiest surfers can truly spend all day in the water, so part of Westport’s appeal is its surf-town feel.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
But this stagnant summer is testing even the hardiest, and putting many more people at risk.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 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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