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Early this month, a dejected Betts had as tough a time explaining to reporters why, despite hitting the ball hard and stacking disciplined at-bats, he’d had little to show for it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

He says he wants to "rescue" Brazil, promising to be tough on crime and prioritize fiscal responsibility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Here we meet Kelly Macdonald, suppressing her Scottish accent as tough but tender Sheriff Kerry, asserting her jurisdictional rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

MS Now reported earlier this month that sailors aboard the Lincoln were facing tough conditions including shortages of food and toothpaste and soap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He was a tough old goose though—I have to say that much for him—because he lived after swallowing the fish hook and got meaner and meaner.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The entrepreneur, who for security reasons asked that neither he nor the specific nature of his business be identified, initially thought the calls were coming from neighborhood toughs pretending to have links to crime groups.

From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022

I brought a retired Chicago cop, an Irish bachelor farmer and some shambolic street toughs with me on my recent vacation to Portugal.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022

Mr. Lee joined the police at age 19 after a childhood encounter with local street toughs instilled in him a sense of law and order, he once recounted.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

“Rude Boy,” about the booming generation of young toughs running the streets of Kingston, has since become shorthand for a ska fan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2021

Since there was no applause from Fern and me the first time around, she started up again, as zombielike as she could, to imitate the toughs standing around outside the pool hall.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Those providing private tours are finding the terrain a little tougher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Default rates are hitting recent highs, and internal reviews of loan health point to tougher times ahead, a WSJ analysis shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

That response was followed by a campaign by PC Harper's family calling for tougher sentences for the killers of emergency service workers.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

With players such as two-time Ballon d'Or winner and fellow Spaniard Alexia Putellas arriving in the WSL, down the road at London City Lionesses, Caldentey accepts the league is getting tougher.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

But I think there was still a tiny smirk on her lips when she said, "And you're tougher than you look."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

“Under his tenure, the commission staff has worked rigorously to enforce the toughest local ethics laws in the nation, including a gift ban and restrictions on lobbyists.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Rocket reached record levels of purchase and refinance market share in one of the toughest spring housing markets in years, while delivering our most profitable quarter in four years,” said Chief Executive Varun Krishna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

A value above 1400 HV places the resulting carbide among the toughest materials commonly used in industry, below superhard substances such as sapphire and diamond.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ultra-runner Sophie Woods ran 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina - one of the world's toughest endurance challenges.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Ragen’s Colts was one of the toughest of all.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield