rugged
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The rugged hills surrounding Ganzhou are home to the world's largest mining and processing operations of the strategic "heavy" elements, including dysprosium, yttrium and terbium.
From Barron's
Aside from the horse, the wolf is probably the four-legged animal most associated with the mixed American mythos of rugged independence and family values.
Murmurations of birds swirl above rugged plains, landscapes shift into geometric compositions, and uncanny juxtapositions—a shirt dangling from a tree as a lone bird swoops by—lend seemingly simple pictures eerie characteristics.
Boulders are strewn about the landscape like “rugged dice thrown and left by wagering giants.”
He also plans to bring back the Xterra, a rugged off-road vehicle that represents “the perfect combination of what Nissan is about—the affordability, the fun and the durability,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
