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But he added the non-stop nature of the past couple of months had been "really hard to process".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"It's hard to accept that a neighbor could do something like that."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Enforcement has hit trades such as roofers, painters and framers especially hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Here is a breakdown of some hard questions the investor should ask, and other steps he should take while considering a very risky move.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
I know I shouldn’t join in, but it’s too hard to resist.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Finn Ashcroft, from Chichester in West Sussex, said after Covid "people were finding it harder to get out and socialise".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
As a major chip index heads for its eighth straight session of declines, it’s becoming harder to distinguish investor concern from sheer fatigue.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s even harder when most of your core players have reached an age when their bodies begin to break down and their skills begin to erode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
I try to sleep as late as possible, but the older I get, the harder it is to actually sleep in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But it got harder and harder to say, “No, ma’am” without looking at her, acting like she was a stranger, like it was really true that I didn’t have anything I wanted to talk about.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
"This is the hardest and most time-consuming part," Sweet said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I just want to top Breaking Bad, that's the hardest," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Headwinds from a prolonged war and persistent geopolitical tensions could revive inflationary pressures, strain fiscal and external positions, and hit energy-importing and low-income countries hardest," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The anger was always the hardest to shake, and it took hold again after yet another fruitless meeting with an immigration lawyer in Riverside this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
It suddenly seemed the hardest thing in the world to go over there.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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