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hard

[hahrd] / hɑrd /








ADVERB
in a fixed manner
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The prime minister himself was involved in plenty of these negotiations, I'm told - and some were pretty hard going, given it required reopening budget deals that had been assumed to have been already settled.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

It’s hard to overstate the hype entering Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

However, new customers tell us our stores can be overwhelming and hard to navigate due to too much product and a layout that isn’t intuitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“There is a sense that it will be hard for many software companies to show accelerating growth in this environment much like Adobe is struggling with right now,” Luria added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

The brain is soft, and the skull is hard.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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