tough
Example Sentences
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Tough choices are unavoidable as we make savings.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Tough water-quality rules are straining its wastewater plants, and it has been considering an expensive upgrade at one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Tough guys with chips on their shoulders make poor warfighters.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
"It could only do this with Saudi blessing," Nawaz, author of "The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood", told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
“These are tough issues. Tough cases make hard issues.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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