tough going

Example Sentences

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More broadly, Holz said, it’s tough going for healthcare as a sector.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

But the effort to build it up as a ChatGPT alternative has been tough going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Some of the passages in this illuminating and essential work are tough going.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

“He switches it up. He’s just unpredictable. It’s tough going against guys like that. But at the end of the day, it makes me prepared for Saturdays.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

It was tough going through the thick underbrush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls