hard news

Example Sentences

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At the second hospital, a surgeon walked in, took one look at me and stopped—with that stillness that comes before hard news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Podcast listeners are commonly understood to have tuned out hard news in favor of like-minded communities, which includes Cooper’s primarily Gen Z Daddy Gang listenership.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

Colleagues described Buell as a “visionary” who encouraged photographers to try new ways of covering hard news.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

In other words, X’s pivot to video does not seem to be focused on substantive argument or even hard news.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

So it came as hard news when I found out that there were people in Pakistan who were critical of me.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai