uphill

Example Sentences

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Chelsea faced an uphill task against defending champions Paris St-Germain and were made to suffer with an 8-2 aggregate defeat.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And even though they face an uphill climb against a Big Ten program, there’s a lot to like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

It also revealed that Pine Island Glacier once moved very differently, pulling rocks from its base and carrying them uphill when the ice sheet was much thicker.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

I think the administration was always going to face an enormously uphill struggle in persuading a court that those agreements were enforceable, or indeed that they were agreements at all.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

I didn’t even notice Celia and I were running uphill last weekend.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison