hard-pressed
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Businesses big and small have found themselves hard-pressed to plough ahead with drastic price hikes to avoid alienating customers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
“You’ll be hard-pressed to tell any difference just looking with your eyes and not measuring it in some way that it’s different than a normal moon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Mirror thinks it will be a "Budget for workers", with the chancellor expected to "promise breathing space for hard-pressed households" and pledge "hope" for businesses.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
And of course in many areas of the U.S., you would be hard-pressed to find a home at the national median price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Even in the Langley Technical Library, which was arguably the worlds best collection of information on powered flight, engineers were hard-pressed to find books on spaceflight.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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