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The Dodgers need a real leadoff hitter who could work a walk, get a hit and steal a base and make it tough on a pitcher before your Nos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Arteta said himself he had been "tough" on Lewis-Skelly.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Cassidy’s support almost certainly means that Blanche, who faced tough questioning from even some of Cassidy’s fellow Republicans over his loyalty to the president, will be confirmed as the country’s chief law-enforcement officer.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

For people who live in an area with access to fiber, cable or 5G fixed-wireless internet, Starlink is a tough financial sell.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

We know she was less than five feet tall and fewer than one hundred pounds, yet tough enough to cross battlefields as bullets rained around her.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Like the cops, crooks and gangland toughs who populate his books, Don Winslow has something of a street fighter’s mentality.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

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

Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated character actor who played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums and who frequently collaborated with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, died April 7 at a hospital in Los Angeles.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019

At 8:30 p.m., a group of white toughs met up on a street corner.

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

Unlike the U.S., which gives a detailed breakdown weekly of private and government stockpiles, much of the developing world is tougher to gauge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The incidents have prompted researchers and governments to call for tougher safeguards and more rigorous testing.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

But although the seasonal calendar points to a tougher period for stocks, NDR said cautious investor sentiment, improving market breadth and stock-favoring asset-allocation models suggest there isn’t enough evidence yet to turn bearish.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

But Medicare Advantage isn’t for everyone — its beneficiaries give up some flexibility and face tougher approvals for services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Or maybe us three are just tougher than how some people might be.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

“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

Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000-metre-plus ascents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Joshua has always spoken about legacy, and there would be something fitting about walking away after overcoming one of the toughest periods of his life and producing a dramatic comeback victory.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

“But it definitely survives longer than most plants. All through the winter and everything. You barely even have to water it. It’s like toughest of all the plants. The survivor.”

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds