hard-line

Example Sentences

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But they also endorse foods like red meat and full-fat dairy, while taking a hard line against highly processed foods, added sugar and refined carbohydrates like white bread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Rodriguez worries that Kast’s law-and-order hard line could upset the fragile peace that miners have established with indigenous peoples around their mines.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

And in the end, that hard line paid off.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Manzo was a part of a new wave of leaders throughout the Americas who have called for a hard line against criminals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

His thin lips were set in a short, hard line.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson