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hardship

[hahrd-ship] / ˈhɑrd ʃɪp /


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“The U.S. and Canada will both face serious hardship if this scenario becomes policy,” Browne, a former GM executive, said Tuesday in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

However, the agreement should not “put unnecessary hardship on the employee.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

As Zhao Jian wrote in his essay: "life was hard, but it was hardship sustained by hope."

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The opposition movement, she believes, fails to notice the hardship she sees at the bar—the women waiting for a spot at the shelter, or the regulars stretching a drink since their homes are empty.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

“Anyway, Pastor Snyder says that the Lord will deliver us from hardship, but Miss Katherine says it’s all a lie, and after what I seen...I’m scared, Jane. I don’t know what’s going to happen next.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

And he is attentive to the hardships of these people’s lives, from the scant public transit options in America’s rural precincts to the need for supportive housing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But beyond the material hardships, many describe a similar feeling: the impossibility of unplugging from their problems.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Despite the hardships, many Gazans working in IT stress their relatively good fortune.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

This was intended as a practical, moderate solution to the economic hardships of the era.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The hardships of washing and cooking in a drought.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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