It was a hard march through thick woods, and across rough hills and valleys.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

"It was powerful.It was rough.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

It's a rough neighborhood where,he says, he competes against drugs and gangs for attention.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Austan Goolsbee spoke on Fox News Sunday: "It is going to be a rough patch not just in the immediate term, but for a little bit of time ".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Today it is a surge. But now,like then,American troops hunt the rough terrain for an elusive enemy who hides among the populace or takes sanctuary across the border in a neighboring country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"This is a rough-and-tumble place and it's nice to come back to two people who care about me, who care about my success, who care about the difficulties I might be having either at work or at home and just to have two friends who are a sounding board."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07