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adversity

[ad-vur-si-tee] / ædˈvɜr sɪ ti /


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Many of the great sports stories involve overcoming adversity, and Steiner has become a great sports story, which is still being written.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Kirkpatrick has come through dealing with adversity stronger and prepared for whatever lies ahead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It is a growing strain for a society used to adversity but now stuck in a months-long crisis that has no obvious end in sight.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

All of that adversity would be enough to thoroughly derail just about any team.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

But in times of adversity, when the state needs its citizens, then few are to be found.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2025

The judge added that Mr Fox had tried to "attach blame and discredit" Mr Blake and Mr Seymour during the litigation, and hold them responsible "for a range of his own life's adversities".

From BBC Apr. 25, 2024

The more different types of childhood adversities individuals experienced, the higher the risk was of receiving a psychiatric diagnosis later in life.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

“This is a story of 45 individuals providing a window through which we can observe how they endured major adversities and built a society where compassion and mercy prevailed.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 2, 2024

Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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