hard
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Solovyov, 67, a hard rock fan, still wears his hair long, though it has turned grey.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
“It has a maddening circularity, and it’s also very hard to explain, even to the people closest to you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Protecting democracies required "hard power", he said, while "theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications" would see the US lose ground to its adversaries.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Mary’s presence is a malignancy, a blight on the name that Sam has worked so hard to build, an identity that’s separate from Mary’s and secure in its solitude.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
It’s been hard for me to accept that I’ll never again get to work alongside him, crafting another canoe, or tackling his mounds of paperwork.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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