hard way
Example Sentences
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The key is to be strategic with how you consume it — a lesson I had to learn the hard way.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
But they did it the hard way, pushed all the way by Exeter Chiefs in the Prem final before eventually running out 26-17 winners at Allianz Stadium.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Like Joe Fernandez, these exonerees learned the hard way that the appellate system is not designed for them.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
Britain is learning this lesson about its welfare state the hard way as a new government report revealed that one in eight of its working-age youth currently aren’t employed, in school or in job training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Everyone here had worked their way up through the ranks the hard way.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
