challenging
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“But it was challenging with its proximity to the ocean.”
Thursday’s data release comes amid a challenging moment for UC as admission practices and college reliance on higher tuition from international students face criticism nationally.
From Los Angeles Times
Retail giants Tesco and Marks & Spencer both saw a bump in food sales over the vital Christmas period despite both mentioning a challenging economic backdrop.
From BBC
Tessellations in hyperbolic spaces are especially striking but also especially challenging to analyze.
From Science Daily
It was a challenging day for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which racked up their largest losses of 2026.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.