Most of the soldiers were hardy young men. Hardy fans stuck with the team through good times and bad.
Only the hardiest pilgrims made the journey.
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Grains of rocky silica in the plumes suggested the mixtures were created in and around hot, seafloor vents, structures that on Earth provide a home to hardy microbes.—science.org, 19 Sep. 2024 Overwintering Chocolate Cosmos Chocolate cosmos are reliably winter hardy in USDA zones 9 through 11, where plants die back to the ground in fall and regrow the following spring.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024 In my experience, hardy nursery products, such as oaks, maples and flowering dogwoods, tend to sell out quickly during this season due to buyers' confidence in these plants' survival and growth potential.—Tammy Sons, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 For truly hardy bikepackers, the burly 70-mile loop through the Cathedral Valley delivers you into some of the most remote corners of the park.—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hardy
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Etymology
Middle English hardi, from Anglo-French, from Old French *hardir to make hard, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English heard hard
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