hard-pressed
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And we’re hard-pressed to think of anyone who’s won a governor’s race after struggling to answer a question about whether Thanksgiving should be canceled.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
“In a blind tasting, unless they’re an expert, people would be hard-pressed to know that it is not a Scotch.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
But it also found hard-pressed councils trying to do the right thing in difficult circumstances - often as a result of issues such as budget cuts and specialist skill shortages.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
It’s an incredible level of control that investors would be hard-pressed to find in publicly traded companies.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Unlike the Box at Coxsackie, which had seemed a true solitary confinement, with inmates hard-pressed to communicate with each other through solid-steel doors with Lexan windows, the cells here were barred.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
