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Example Sentences

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“There are slimmer pickings, and I think a lot of the opportunities that were historically available are harder to come by,” he said, regarding funding.

From The Wall Street Journal

So far, only one photo has been released, and confirmed plot details are hard to come by.

From BBC

The result is a market in which preferences are private, incentives are misaligned and reliable information is hard to come by.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tickets were hard to come by and reserved for “those building, funding, and researching the technologies that define intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Aside from the terrible punishment its soldiers are getting on the front lines, the impact on the economy must be severe, although statistics on this are hard to come by.

From BBC