harsh
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The harsh environment of Burning Man — which for some people is part of the appeal — is famously taxing.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
But figuring out who gets what has become a complicated legal battle, underscoring a harsh reality: Even when stolen money is found, getting it back can be another ordeal entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"From a driver's point of view it's quite a harsh circuit," says an excited Abad.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Life inside microbial mats can be harsh, and close cooperation between organisms may provide a crucial survival advantage even at microscopic scales.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The tone of the language grew harsh; the reported revelations from deceased relatives called “ludicrous,” “trifling and nonsensical,” “a farce.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The justice already visited on her is harsher than any a court might deliver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
At the same time, they have become progressively vitriolic toward anyone who notes that the era’s realities were much harsher than what was shown on Nick at Nite sitcoms.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Others in the market offered a harsher assessment of Warsh’s performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
After her husband's death, she campaigned for legal changes to see harsher sentences for the manslaughter of emergency workers on duty.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It came out harsher than I meant it to.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
“Some of the harshest treatment of these girls was from other women, and that is something which I found very hard to reconcile,” O’Brien said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They formed an essential part of the survival strategies that enabled people to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Russia remains marked by some of the developed world’s harshest mortality rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Many try to keep cool by covering their heads, drinking salted water or adjusting work hours to avoid the harshest afternoon sun - but such measures offer only limited relief.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
That memory stirs my harshest feelings toward Mr. Loomis.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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