long hard look
Example Sentences
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Take a long, hard look at your discretionary spending.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
"I'll take the responsibility. I pick the team and I need to go away with the players and have a long hard look in the mirror."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
“It’s time for the Democrats to take a good, long hard look at how this happened,” said Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, as he opened up the show.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
“We must all step back and take a long, hard look at ourselves.”
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
The Chancellor gave me a long, hard look before saying, “What?”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
