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But what it did show is hiring is slow and it’s a tough time to find work.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Some on social media said having a baby is tough and Kawata is doing her best.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Not long ago, CEOs and other senior leaders typically got these one-off awards only occasionally, often as an incentive to retain favored executives or reward them for unexpected wins and overcoming tough challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Paramount was able to get its new big debt deal against a tough backdrop of rising Treasury yields and wider spreads on high-yield corporate debt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Don’t you want me to be tough? Become a man?”

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

He’s a guy that toughs it out with a smile on his face, and that smile is very disarming to someone else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

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

I brought a retired Chicago cop, an Irish bachelor farmer and some shambolic street toughs with me on my recent vacation to Portugal.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022

Mr. Lee joined the police at age 19 after a childhood encounter with local street toughs instilled in him a sense of law and order, he once recounted.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

Since there was no applause from Fern and me the first time around, she started up again, as zombielike as she could, to imitate the toughs standing around outside the pool hall.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

As Wall Street entered the game, it grew tougher to profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

I knew I wanted to rebalance our holdings across accounts and reduce the overall risk, but selling investments that had performed well was tougher than I expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Williams is part of a rise in entrepreneurship among young Americans, as the entry-level labor market has become tougher to crack.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"I said to the players before the game, 'this is going to be tougher than Portugal'," Bellamy added.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

He makes up for it by cultivating a tougher image.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Cornell University on Tuesday became the latest elite school to propose a course-correction as it navigates one of the toughest periods in the history of American higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Maresca dispatched rivals United on their own turf, and victory in the next two games will ensure a near-perfect start to his tenure in one of football's toughest jobs.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

However, the AI race and China's advances in the field create "the toughest dilemma" regarding whether or not to slow down AI development, he noted on CBS on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

De Croo, a former prime minister of Belgium, told the BBC: "This winter is going to be the toughest one since the war".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Ragen’s Colts was one of the toughest of all.

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