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"Going into this year was my last chance to try and cut through. This industry is really hard, it's really expensive as well," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"It's hard for a parent to lose a son, and we lost two sons," Martin Robinson said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s hard to find better musical evocations of rocky crags, ruined fortresses, or martial joie de combat than Mendelssohn’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Here is a breakdown of some hard questions the investor should ask, and other steps he should take while considering a very risky move.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Is it hard to raise a child who has ASD alone?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Give up or keep pushing harder, and that's always the option I choose in my life."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
As a major chip index heads for its eighth straight session of declines, it’s becoming harder to distinguish investor concern from sheer fatigue.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s even harder when most of your core players have reached an age when their bodies begin to break down and their skills begin to erode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But the closer Fielder and Oppenheim got to the couple, the harder it became to distinguish candor from calculated performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Well,” said Bat, closing the refrigerator door a little harder than he needed to, “now there is nothing to eat.”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
California's bar exam is widely regarded as one of the hardest in the US to pass.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
"This is the hardest and most time-consuming part," Sweet said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
“It was a perfect storm for them to have this timeless album, but that element of danger intact. That’s the hardest thing for anyone to achieve,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Headwinds from a prolonged war and persistent geopolitical tensions could revive inflationary pressures, strain fiscal and external positions, and hit energy-importing and low-income countries hardest," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
It suddenly seemed the hardest thing in the world to go over there.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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