difficult

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It’s difficult to know how many people are following through on the tax-strike idea.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

In retrospect, those difficult weeks offered a preview of what would happen in Minneapolis just a few weeks later.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“Let me just tell you that in three years and three months, it is difficult to change what has been a practice for over four decades,” Bass told the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

"It was very, very, very difficult to pinpoint anybody who would take responsibility for this money," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It was so difficult to get hold of ingredients nowadays.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler