adversity
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As his heartbroken team dressed in the locker room, Taylor pledged that the adversity would shape them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"And I'm literally at touching distance of one of the biggest moments of my life and I've had to battle through so much adversity to get there."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The results suggest that SETD7 and the changes it produces in DNA packaging may help create a lasting molecular memory of early adversity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many of the great sports stories involve overcoming adversity, and Steiner has become a great sports story, which is still being written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
But in times of adversity, when the state needs its citizens, then few are to be found.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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"We wish Feliks to get stronger as soon as possible, survive all the adversities, conquer his territory and leave descendants," said Milan Ružić, executive director of the BPSSS.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025
Information about the genetic predisposition for muscle strength could be used alongside traditional risk assessment in identifying individuals who are at particularly high risk of common diseases and health adversities.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 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
Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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