tough

"With El Nino already here and a tough summer on the horizon, our koalas will need all the help they can get, whether it comes on two legs or four."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

That will be tough for people like Aaron Richards from Maidenhead.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Relationships are tough, they make us vulnerable, and people really like not having to have that vulnerability.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat, said solar developers were still in a tough spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

If it hurt as bad as all that, Sue was one tough cookie.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

“Do your feet a favor,” he tells the toughs.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

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

“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

Farmers, artisans, laborers, and even dockside toughs fought back with more demonstrations, hangings in effigy, and rounds of angry speeches fortified with strong drink and stronger language.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Cleopatra would cheer for Mark Antony as he scuffled good-naturedly with rowdy toughs.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

There has been a rise in entrepreneurship among young Americans as the entry-level labor market has become tougher to join.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But mindfulness can become tougher as you age, when you’re beset by physical and mental distractions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

But Abbott, bidding for an unprecedented fourth term, is facing a tougher than expected race against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

As hard as it is to pick stocks, deciding whether to sell them, and when, is even tougher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He was very skinny indeed, but apparently a lot tougher than he looked, because he climbed up onto the side of the ship, stretched out his arms, and dived, right into the lake.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Cornell University on Tuesday became the latest elite school to propose a course-correction as it navigates one of the toughest periods in the history of American higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Tatiana, the Afro-Caribbean restaurant at New York’s Lincoln Center, is one of the toughest reservations in the city, thanks in part to dishes like tender Wagyu short rib and head-on shrimp drenched in Creole butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Now he’ll miss at least one game — and almost certainly more — at a time when the Trojans are about to enter the toughest stretch of their schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

De Croo, a former prime minister of Belgium, told the BBC: "This winter is going to be the toughest one since the war".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Truly, only the strongest and toughest will survive what is coming.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone