adversity
Example Sentences
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Senior Casey Brennan also knew something about overcoming adversity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Themes may emerge: how you beat back adversity, sacrificed for others or discovered new ways to love.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
With the average tenure of Premier League managers getting shorter, it is no surprise that adversity leads to questions about their futures.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Social media is full of the kinds of existential dread you’d expect from those unaccustomed to such adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
She showed me that excuses will not bring about success and that adversity is not something you walk with, but something you leap over.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Vocabulary lists containing adversity
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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100 Top "SAT" Words
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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