hard-pressed
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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
A teenager from County Down hopes an app he has developed will revolutionise how farms are run, giving hard-pressed farmers more time.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
And we’re hard-pressed to think of anyone who’s won a governor’s race after struggling to answer a question about whether Thanksgiving should be canceled.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
He said hard-pressed suppliers were cutting corners on quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
They walked to school without incident, though Moss would have been hard-pressed to have noticed the detonation of an atom bomb that morning.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
