hard-pressed

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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

But critics say the push to refine should have come sooner, with Zimbabwe already having lost out on several years of revenues for the hard-pressed local economy.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

You’d be hard-pressed to argue that either is the case.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

The company will be hard-pressed to meet the March 2027 schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find a processed food today that isn’t made from corn or soybeans.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan