rugged
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Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The interior American west, with its inhospitable landscape, was more akin to the Appalachian wilderness and attracted individuals with similarly rugged individualistic views.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at The University of Texas at Austin, was exploring the rugged landscape with fellow researchers, including Stéphane Bodin of Aarhus University.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
“It offers the handling and performance of a sports car, the utility and rugged, go-anywhere range of an SUV.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Stinkpit, a rugged sprawl of collapsing tenement buildings adjacent to the Claw, probably wasn’t any safer.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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