hard-pressed

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But more significant for hard-pressed Iranians struggling to feed their families has been the impact of sanctions.

From BBC

When people around the world began generating millions, and then billions, of images, Google was hard-pressed to find enough computing power to meet the demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Few expect the good times to keep rolling indefinitely, but you would be hard-pressed to find a major bank predicting anything except more gains in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Pat coached, befriended and mentored countless students throughout the years and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone anywhere who has an unkind word to say about him," his family wrote.

From BBC

But Mamdani would be hard-pressed to remove Adams’s appointees next year.

From The Wall Street Journal