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Nadeau, who lives in Belleville, Ill., wound up buying the hard drive at the lower price his wife found using her phone, but he was alarmed by the experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"Landlords are going to find it very, very hard to absorb those void periods," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
If they had spent $150 on a new lawnmower, for example, it would have made you believe they appreciated your husband’s hard work.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Plenty of performers will wax poetic about their methods, saying what they hope to achieve in their work — how hard they worked to identify with their character.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
She studied hard, she drove the beater truck, and she saved the money from her after-school waitressing gig to fund her escape.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Research on cash transfers is encouraging, Wolfolds said, but "the harder challenge may be identifying who has been affected by AI."
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Like it’s not a, ‘Oh wow Walker’s here so we better play harder.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Otherwise, there’s a very real risk that corporate crime will get even harder to restrain than it is already.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
"It is a lot harder to shoot down an entire satellite network. That's not something any military can do right now."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Why can’t she try just a little bit harder?
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Health authorities continue to face shortages of resources, while insecurity caused by armed groups in Ituri province, the area hardest hit by the epidemic, restricts access to some communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
In Game 2 of the ALCS, Peralta threw a fastball at 99.4 mph, the hardest pitch of his career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
It was "the hardest thing I have ever had to tell the person I love", Svitolina said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Councilmember Imelda Padilla said her district, which includes the northeast San Fernando Valley, has been hit the hardest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The hardest part was staying out of range of her cane.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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