hard-pressed
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As skeptical as global investors may be of the budget, they will be hard-pressed to pass up an opportunity to buy euro assets at a generous discount.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I’d be hard-pressed to choose an area that size that gives us that much biodiversity and ecological uniqueness and value anywhere along the California coastline,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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
You would have been hard-pressed to find anyone in Wall who would have argued with him, though; she turned many heads and, in all probability, broke many hearts.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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