hardy

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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

For most hardy Labour delegates, defeat is not an unfamiliar feeling.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

First he would do his exercises and run around the ouse, oblivious to the taunts of the hardy peasants looking on.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende