hard-pressed
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A reader is hard-pressed to resist becoming a poetry stan, so persuasive is Garmus’ Batter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Japanese authorities are, for example, hard-pressed to conduct an on-site probe into alleged environmental pollution inside the bases and regulate low-altitude flights of their aircraft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
And of course in many areas of the U.S., you would be hard-pressed to find a home at the national median price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Moreover, Europe would be hard-pressed to substitute for the southbound trade once heralded by Nafta, with an economy growing at half the pace of America’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
We would be hard-pressed to get past this fence on our own—thirty feet high and always buzzing with electricity, topped with razor-sharp curls of steel.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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