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Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans’ 84-year-old former party leader and long-time bane of Democrats’ existence, checked into a hospital last month and has hardly been heard from since.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

So in order to be ready, Pochettino ramped up his already brutal training regimens with intense fitness work, grueling double sessions, and a notorious running test that hardly anyone ever completed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

In an interview Sunday afternoon on the eve of the tournament, Eala explained that she’s hardly surprised anymore by the fans who turn up at her matches and seek her out wherever they can.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

It was hardly his best international goal - a scuff off his instep from Patrick Berg's pull-back that Ivorian keeper Yaya Fofana nearly grabbed off the line - but it is his most important.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

It seemed we’d hardly slept when it was day, the day I dreaded.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff