hard put

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If it’s possible to work around a no-beard policy when the stakes are life and death, I’m hard-put to imagine a job where accommodation isn’t possible.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022

I’m hard-put to advise today’s graduates on how to succeed in the workplace.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

You will be hard-put to find the Mart mentioned in the literature about what Thomas Mann dubbed “German California.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

If that didn’t happen, I’m hard-put to explain exactly how this scene came together.

From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2017

With the suppression of the socialist publishing houses, his meagre royalties ceased, and he was hard-put to make a living; for he had to make a living in addition to all his other labor.

From The Iron Heel by London, Jack