rugged
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Instead, they invested in a £1m house tucked away on Devon's rugged and remote Hartland Peninsula - and looked for a community of like-minded people to join them.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Now fear clouds the memories: Does the rugged, magical place of my mind’s eye still exist?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Among the region's top predators are pit vipers adapted to life in rugged mountain environments, though scientists have historically studied them very little in the Himalayas.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
It was normal for a man like Zeitoun, rugged and independent, to be out of contact for a few days.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Vocabulary lists containing rugged
Where the Red Fern Grows
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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