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Recent Examples of hard-bitten Her hard-bitten, cynical persona provides a nice juxtaposition to how maudlin so much commentary about motherhood can be. Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 But the sentiments are the razors in the apples: hard-bitten, painful, wise from disappointment, and braced for the next crisis. Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024 Alaska has devolved into a colony of big oil, and its politics have become so closed, hard-bitten, and strident. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-bitten
Adjective
  • No matter what someone’s day entails, a sturdy tote bag is sure to come in handy.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
  • If possible, drive to a nearby sturdy building.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Most varieties are hardy in Zones 5-9, and some, like English lavender, can handle extreme cold and harsh winter weather.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Warm-weather plants, like peppers, should only be planted outdoors after your last frost date of spring, but cold-hardy crops, like brassicas, can be planted earlier.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, while vision isn’t their strongest sense, dogs may even be able to see certain aspects of a TV show.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The young right-hander put together a strong season, but few were better after the All-Star break.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The volume opens with a photo of TCU’s Land Acknowledgment monument, a rugged, granite boulder with a circular bronze plaque.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There was a lull from mid-March through the end of the regular season — the team, at least at the time, pointed to a rugged schedule with trips all over the country sandwiched around brief stops at home — but when the playoffs began, well, the Cavs had the best series, statistically, in history.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There will be some tough picking in there, but typically the predicting business gets a little easier in region play.
    Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Pueblo police began investigating the case in January 2024 after someone called 911 about a suspicious metal container filled with hardened concrete in a storage unit in the 600 block of West Sixth Street.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Phrynoderma Vitamin A deficiency can lead to a skin condition called phrynoderma, a type of follicular hyperkeratosis that causes small, hardened bumps on areas of the body such as the shoulders, buttocks, elbows, and knees.
    Laura Schober, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Only 22% of kids did moderate-to-vigorous exercise before bed, in rare, short bouts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Aztecs are stout enough defensively to contend for the Mountain West title, as long as the offense keeps turnovers to a minimum.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This unit won’t improve until Miami’s rookie defensive linemen improve, becoming more stout against the run, or Miami ads a veteran defensive lineman (say Christian Wilkins).
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Hard-bitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-bitten. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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