But if you look at the roster, it’s full of 5-8, 165-pound, hard-nosed kids who can flat-out run."

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/the-college-baseball-team-shattering-hbp-records-is-playing-for-the-d-iii-world-series

But they’re beginning to establish a gritty, hard-nosed system from the net out.

Source: https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2023/11/05/nhl-bruins-red-wings-takeaways-recap-quotes-highlights-analysis/

Coach Pat Narduzzi has built a hard-nosed program in his Youngstown, Ohio, mold at Pitt.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-01-09/college-football-2023-top-25-rankings-georgia

He was a hard-nosed pest on the ice with a boatload of talent, a combination that made him the worst kind of guy to play against.

Source: https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/05/01/off-the-post-florida-panthers-dominate-bruins-in-major-nhl-upset/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=off-the-post-florida-panthers-dominate-bruins-in-major-nhl-upset

If you love scrappy, hard-nosed football, this is the bowl game for you.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/2023-24-college-football-bowl-game-schedule-dates-times-tv-channels-scores-results

In last night’s show, the 35-year-old – who owns The Dollshouse Salon in Central - was among five candidates grilled by Alan Sugar’s hard-nosed advisors which resulted in a triple firing.

Source: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-salon-owner-makes-apprentice-final-after-impressing-lord-sugar-with-business-experience-4068497

Plus: what was Suella Braverman seeking to achieve this week with her most hard-nosed rhetoric to date on refugees?

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/89362794-c68b-48b0-8d7b-38885111002d

Shea’s a hard-nosed kid and she coaches the way her personality is.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/12/23/dom-amores-sunday-read-shea-ralph-brings-uconn-magic-to-vanderbilt-aaliyah-edwards-on-nil-fairness-enough-of-tommy-cutlets-and-more/

That strategy worked for a bit as Camden Hills frustrated the more talented, taller, stronger and more experienced Mariners with hard-nosed, often harasing defense.

Source: https://knox.villagesoup.com/2023/01/28/mariners-handed-early-tests-by-windjammers-eventually-pass-with-flying-colors/

The negotiations to salvage the JCPOA have stalled since August 2022 due to Washington’s insistence on its hard-nosed position of not removing the sanctions that were imposed on the Islamic Republic by the Trump administration.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/197424/West-s-commitment-to-revive-JCPOA-big-question-mark

Twice Salisbury went up by seven points on hard-nosed, driving buckets by Mike Geter, but Cannon School got back-to-back 3-pointers from Lincoln Vinson and Swartz and a rebound bucket by Tyler Martin for an 8-0 run and a 36-35 lead after three quarters.

Source: https://www.salisburypost.com/2023/12/11/high-school-boys-basketball-roundup-cannon-finishes-strong-to-beat-hornets/

"We have guys that are hard-nosed, tough, gritty.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/citadel/from-the-citadel-to-cinderella-ex-bulldogs-assistant-now-head-coach-at-fdu/article_23197e82-cc11-11ed-8425-aba54b919ee1.html