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hard

[hahrd] / hɑrd /








ADVERB
in a fixed manner
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It made me laugh so hard, I knew from that point on that he was a kindred spirit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It’s hard to articulate exactly what Woke 1 is or, I suppose, was.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

It said it was working hard to fix the issue as quickly as possible.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The fact that AI-generated text can’t be copyrighted has made it one of the hard lines the industry has been able to enforce.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

I stop, afraid of how Caesar’s face has grown hard, vacant.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"It was getting harder and harder to find clothes."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

For a weakened heart muscle, reducing strain is preferable to forcing it to work harder.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

AI models can think harder and longer on math problems any of us—and without getting a migraine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

That pandemic hit children and younger and middle-aged adults harder than seniors, who likely had been exposed to an older version of the H1N1 virus when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

It winded him, far harder than the boy had done.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Each time, Perkins says she revised the pitch deck to put the hardest question from the last rejection at the front of the deck.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

“It’s not easy. The last 3% is the hardest, and it’s a battle.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“As capacity eases, which we anticipate, this company will be among the first and hardest hit,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Those who supported Castro throughout his years in power are among those hardest hit today.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

That was one of the hardest things: The village might be 5 miles away, or it might be 50.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola




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