hard-pressed

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I’m hard-pressed to think of any movie I’d watch four times in a month if I didn’t genuinely admire it on some level.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

It is but a momentary respite for the hard-pressed island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But critics say the push to refine should have come sooner, with Zimbabwe already having lost out on several years of revenues for the hard-pressed local economy.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Sam and Joe had become the schools roaming tech support, a rapidly spreading phenomenon among geeks as hard-pressed and technophobic school districts turned to their onetime social outcasts to help run their computer systems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz