hard-pressed

Example Sentences

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The company will be hard-pressed to meet the March 2027 schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal

But more significant for hard-pressed Iranians struggling to feed their families has been the impact of sanctions.

From BBC

I’m happy to give the Australians their due, but I’m hard-pressed to see how their design offers any guidance to improving the U.S. system.

From MarketWatch

When people around the world began generating millions, and then billions, of images, Google was hard-pressed to find enough computing power to meet the demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Few expect the good times to keep rolling indefinitely, but you would be hard-pressed to find a major bank predicting anything except more gains in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal