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hard to take



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It certainly wouldn’t be too hard to take the country.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

"We had a great position before the split and this is hard to take and we have to improve and develop quick," he told BBC Sport Scotland after the Celtic Park loss.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Those forces make it hard to take aggressively bullish or bearish positioning ahead of Saturday’s planned talks, he added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

But I think that’s what I love about her character, because you get to see a harsh reality that I know is hard to take in.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

“Kat’s been known to crush my soul playing it. Which is hard to take, considering English is my native tongue and she spent the first ten years of her life speaking Nepali.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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