adversity
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This brain region contains neurons that produce dopamine, a chemical messenger involved in processing important experiences, including rewards and adversity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Kirkpatrick has come through dealing with adversity stronger and prepared for whatever lies ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Russian term for such toys—which always spring back to vertical—is also an expression for a tenacious person who powers on despite adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
It is a growing strain for a society used to adversity but now stuck in a months-long crisis that has no obvious end in sight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Otherwise, he will have no support in times of adversity.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
“I’ve seen how our guys have responded to adversities and losing streaks, and so it’s not a panic situation,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Individuals who experienced two adulthood adversities had a 24 percent higher chance of depression, while also experiencing a three percent cognitive decline later in life.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 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
Along with everyone else, he had received his own bound and illustrated tale of love, adversities overcome, reunion and a wedding.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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