harsh
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Researchers propose engineering extremophiles, microbes that naturally survive harsh environments, by combining characteristics such as resistance to extreme temperatures, radiation, and low atmospheric pressure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Whatever happens with your grandmother’s money, you may have to accept a harsh truth: You cannot control your father’s behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Whether the country’s 250th birthday feels like a rare civic milestone to celebrate or not depends, for many, on acknowledging the harsh truths of our era.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
It’s a harsh penalty, and a massive loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It is where we are going, after all,” Mrs. Mallon said in her harsh voice, but moving over, making room for him on the edge of the cart.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Australian victim Bianca Jones' parents criticised the Laos authorities for not pursuing harsher charges.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sonnenshine and the “Little House” writers walk a fine line between the harsher recent revelations concerning the ways Ingalls’ bootstrapping mythology in the books doesn’t square with history or reality.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
It is these administrative provisions, rather than the harsher punishments, that lie at the heart of the Akal Takht's objections.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The detector has also been tested in radiation conditions far harsher than those expected in lunar orbit.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
I'd tried every over-the-counter zit medication known to man, along with harsher prescription creams like Retin-A or pills like erythromycin that were recommended by my dermatologist.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Some of the harshest criticism about the overall process came from within City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
“There is no biological reason. The vacuum of space is the harshest environment you can possibly imagine to keep humans alive in.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
A simple row of spruce trees marked the finish line for Canadian army reservists and combat members after a marathon two months pushing through one of the harshest environments on Earth: Canada's vast Arctic.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Two years later, Robben Island was without question the harshest, most iron-fisted outpost in the South African penal system.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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