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difficult

[dif-i-kuhlt, -kuhlt] / ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt /




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Difficult pin locations all over Aronimink Golf Club meant that no one had been able to break this course.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Difficult conversations should have “civility and respect, and careful listening.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Difficult driving conditions for the Tuesday evening commute are also possible.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

In “The Awesome Difficult, Work of Love,” the anthology’s third and final section, a conversation between Angela Y. Davis, Prathiba Parma and Leigh Raiford places Jordan in even greater context.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Clover sits a few rolling hills off Route 360 in southern Virginia, just past Difficult Creek on the banks of the River of Death.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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