adversities

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Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2025

In this study, environmental adversities included air and water pollution, potentially hazardous or toxic sites, few recreational parks, and high traffic roads, railways or airports.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

“This is a story of 45 individuals providing a window through which we can observe how they endured major adversities and built a society where compassion and mercy prevailed.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

While I was guiding troubled young people, helping them overcome the adversities in their lives, my son was left without my guidance when he needed me most.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2023

After the movie, we listened to a panel of successful people who had overcome adversities.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers