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hardness

[hahrd-nis] / ˈhɑrd nɪs /




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The laser-leading method also struggled to maintain the hardness required for success.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

You have to have what they wanted but with mental hardness, resilience and toughness combined with it.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

“Each and every day I have to ask God to lift the hardness in my heart, because I‘m angry,” Lewis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell




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