challenging
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“Housing trends remain challenging so far in Q1, which, coupled with near-term legal uncertainty, keep us on the sidelines for now,” she wrote.
From Barron's
Pilgrim’s Pride PPC 0.96%increase; green up pointing triangle logged lower profit in its latest quarter as it contended with a challenging commodity environment in some regions.
But he characterized the situation with Canada as more challenging, noting a variety of issues he said haven’t been addressed and are preventing “real negotiations” from getting started.
From Barron's
This past year has been: the most challenging year of my life.
Conditions are becoming even more challenging as warming temperatures allow mosquitoes and avian malaria to expand into higher elevation areas that once served as refuges for vulnerable native birds.
From Science Daily
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