hard-pressed

Example Sentences

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"This legal action has dragged on for months, cost hard-pressed local residents a fortune and we still have no clear outcome," Whitehouse said.

From BBC

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

Bull and bear markets come and go in long waves, but you would be hard-pressed to get that cautionary news from the average Wall Street stock salesman.

From MarketWatch

Improving the well-being of hard-pressed working-class Americans, a central challenge of our time, must rest on more realistic assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal