adversity
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They were hit with a bit of adversity and they were bowled over by it.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"At that stage, there's too many unknowns. You can't predict how players will react to adversity and natural bumps in the road," says Inglethorpe.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Despite adversity, Eckhart was determined in her October 2025 post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Everybody can put a smile on their face when things are going exactly how they want, but who are you when adversity hits?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
It seems like an overwhelming task, a mountain of adversity, separated from what few friends I have and a plain full of shamblers between me and where I want to be.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025
In this study, environmental adversities included air and water pollution, potentially hazardous or toxic sites, few recreational parks, and high traffic roads, railways or airports.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 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
While I was guiding troubled young people, helping them overcome the adversities in their lives, my son was left without my guidance when he needed me most.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
Along with everyone else, he had received his own bound and illustrated tale of love, adversities overcome, reunion and a wedding.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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