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Rough, thick hands, toughened by farming and fighting, plunge into a sack of harvested grain, feeling the fruits of their labor.

Some campaigners argue the OSA does not go far enough, and will need to be toughened or supplemented with other restrictions, for example on mobile phone use by young people.

South Gate has more balance and was toughened up playing in the Eastern League.

The bipartisan bill toughened background checks for the youngest firearms buyers, barred a larger group of domestic violence offenders from having guns, and assisted states in carrying out red flag laws.

A woman whose endometriosis went undiagnosed for more than two decades says a school's toughened stance on period pain is "just another slap in the face" for women and girls.