hard sell

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In a world where investors are increasingly only interested in artificial intelligence and little else, even retail winners can be a hard sell: Better prospects still often translate into worse stock performance.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

You should be skeptical of companies making a hard sell.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

But she says that the idea was initially a hard sell.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

It was a hard sell for then-President Lyndon Johnson, who had to convince Americans that their money was still worth something even if it was essentially worthless as metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

That was as far as the hard sell went.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides