encounter difficulty
Example Sentences
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Romance can be heady, and we’re all exposed to so many unrealistic depictions of it that we can encounter difficulty being happy with, well, mediocre.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2020
Firefighters continued to encounter difficulty on the east side of the blaze, where helicopter crews dropped water above the city of Fillmore.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2017
When presidents encounter difficulty, they need public confidence.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2017
“Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran,” it says.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015
Erudite and Dauntless forces are concentrated in the Abnegation sector of the city, so as long as we run away from the Abnegation sector, we are less likely to encounter difficulty.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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