rough
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Broadcom’s stock has had a rough year, but one analyst is getting enthusiastic as Anthropic’s initial public offering takes shape.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Rangers manager Derek McInnes admits feeling "guilt" about leaving Hearts for Ibrox in the summer and accepts the rough reception that could come his way when he returns to Tynecastle on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
In total, 695 prison leavers managed by Welsh probation services were rough sleeping on the day of their release.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“You’ve always got to prove it as a writer,” says McDonagh, a seven-time nominee, in an interview near his home in London while paging through his rough draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The rough exterior was the result of a hailstorm in Oklahoma two weeks ago.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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
Bamboo and recycled paper give sustainability-minded shoppers some alternatives to wood-pulp paper towels and toilet paper, but critics find them rougher than they like or not plush enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
"Finally, they are making their way back on shore where, unfortunately, a lot of them are already dead or dying as they approach the coastlines and get into rougher coastal waters."
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
For most of the journey, the ground has been more sand than rock, but then, abruptly, the ground beneath turns rougher.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
I think it was about two years ago already and that was one of the roughest things I ever got through, bro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
“It’s the roughest patch I’ve ever had,” said Foreman, who has been buying toy brands since the early 1990s and went through a bankruptcy-court reorganization of debt last year and Covid-related supply bottlenecks before that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
He was courteous, respectful and soft-spoken to elders, but on the playground he chose to play the roughest games.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
‘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
Doesn't mind being roughed up, it doesn't bother him if he doesn't have many touches.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
There he was with his angry eyes and his beard roughed up, and all I could think of was him saying, There is always a snitch.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
“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
Skilliter then handed out four penalties, a two-minute misconduct to Colorado’s Jack Drury while the Kings’ Samuel Helenius received a two-minute roughing and a 10-minute misconduct and teammate Jeff Malott got a two-minute roughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
"I'm used to roughing it from going away with the lads climbing," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Facing fourth-and-19, he managed to convert with a completion to receiver Wan’Dale Robinson—while absorbing a roughing the passer that gave New York an additional 15 yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Ahead, the Finns scuffed and sidled into Lash, roughing him up.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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