difficulty
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“Those extra words, or the lack thereof, slide the difficulty level of the clue,” Loud said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The difficulty, he said, is that multiple developers in both the U.S. and China are pushing closer to the technological frontier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
No one is pretending it's just what Farage tried to joke was a "little, local difficulty".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The researchers could not grow the organisms on their own, and A/Prof. Burns says that difficulty may itself reveal something important about their biology.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
I shivered as I looked—for I could not sleep, and even a prayer came with difficulty.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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"So there are difficulties because they have to first carry out firefighting with high intensity, and second look for water," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
I think people resonate with your vulnerabilities and your successes - saw me cope with the heartbreak of Rio, the Chantelle Cameron loss and personal difficulties.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Milos Kerkez: Occasionally troubled by Fatawu's pace but never in huge difficulties.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In other words, a broader attentional field can create difficulties when a task demands concentration on a single goal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Then he asked me to show how the late medieval commentary had attempted to reconcile these difficulties, and I went over that, too.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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