adversity
Example Sentences
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Adversity creates opportunity, though: Investors who thought last month that they had too little foreign exposure can get it on sale now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Adversity was on the schedule every week for the South Los Angeles Legends, a soccer team of 11- and 12-year-old girls, many of whom were growing up in underserved communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
Adversity visibly brings the runners together in Battersea, whether it be a fist bump while overtaking, or pausing mid-track to celebrate others reaching 100 miles.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Adversity seems to be bringing the best out of Dortmund this season, so a one-goal deficit to Atlético Madrid from the first leg might be just the challenge needed to motivate Edin Terzić’s team.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
Adversity was like a key in the lock for me.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing adversity
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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100 Top "SAT" Words
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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