challenging

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Similar to many towns and villages on the north Norfolk coast, the affordability of housing has been challenging for people working low-wage jobs, the charity said.

From BBC

We asked the authors to relay three strategies for staying calm in challenging times, as told to them by their uncertainty experts.

From Los Angeles Times

“To build themselves up and deter others from challenging their power, they take others down in public, letting them know exactly where they stand and how much they scorn them.”

From Salon

If your aunt’s attorney succeeds in his guardianship petition, it will make this process all the more challenging.

From MarketWatch

But it cautioned that Chinese officials recognize that an amphibious invasion of Taiwan "would be extremely challenging and carry a high risk of failure, especially in the event of US intervention."

From Barron's