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Example Sentences
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It’s difficult to imagine he meant that “gatekeeper” to be Trump, who had no official role in 2001.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
But without sufficient support, training and organized enterprise data, the technology is often difficult to adopt.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Instead, he wanted to give them a "sense of this world, which is a difficult world", but added that though things were hard the Senegalese were resilient.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The simplicity of the Shaker objects exerts a power that is, at best, difficult to discern in the self-consciousness of most of the show’s recent pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Then Jacob hooks arms with Father, and I see how Father leans into Jacob as if carrying his own weight has also become difficult.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.