hard-pressed

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You’d be hard-pressed to find a more irresistible character on television than Cirie Fields on the 50th edition of “Survivor,” or one more discussed than “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

It’s an incredible level of control that investors would be hard-pressed to find in publicly traded companies.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"When you look at the biggest tournaments, you'd be hard-pressed to find another that's bigger than this one, especially for myself."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

I’m hard-pressed to think of any movie I’d watch four times in a month if I didn’t genuinely admire it on some level.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

They walked to school without incident, though Moss would have been hard-pressed to have noticed the detonation of an atom bomb that morning.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro