rugged
Example Sentences
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What solutions are lawmakers representing conservative rural districts in the state’s rugged northern reaches pushing forward?
From Los Angeles Times
At Aeronautical Industry, engineers are racing to help the military adapt to a battlefield reshaped by drones, designing rugged, military-grade unmanned vehicles meant to give troops surveillance, reconnaissance and real-time intelligence.
They are agile and use motorbikes to move quickly cross the region's rough and rugged terrain.
From BBC
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.
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