difficulties

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The National Bank of Cambodia said that while it was aware of what it called isolated cases of borrowers facing difficulties, they shouldn’t be generalized to the overall microfinance sector in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The illness causes breathing difficulties and creates scar tissue that stiffens the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and for oxygen to enter the bloodstream.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 13% of U.S. adults have hearing difficulties.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"These difficulties are just unpleasantries," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton