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The combination of a fast-moving virus—fatal in up to 50% of cases—and a region rife with armed fighters has made an already difficult task of controlling the epidemic even harder, according to health experts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Faye faces the difficult task of governing and implementing reforms in a country troubled by serious economic difficulties.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

"Ministers have rightly gone back to the drawing board and begun the difficult task of rebuilding trust in what has the potential to be a valuable tool for government," she said.

From BBC May 20, 2026

In all seriousness, building and flying a kite is an opportunity to embrace a challenge rather than view a difficult task in binary terms, a point Choi and I discussed.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

Aristaeus must seize him and chain him, a very difficult task, as Menelaus on his way home from Troy found.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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