adversity
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Themes may emerge: how you beat back adversity, sacrificed for others or discovered new ways to love.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Social media is full of the kinds of existential dread you’d expect from those unaccustomed to such adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Foakes reached his 13th first-class century from 176 balls - a superb innings, forged from adversity, for his team.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
They faced their first adversity of the tournament during Sunday’s win over Duke when they trailed at the half, and now they’ll get a true test against the Longhorns.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
My first resolution was to quit Geneva for ever; my country, which, when I was happy and beloved, was dear to me, now, in my adversity, became hateful.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing adversity
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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