hardship
Example Sentences
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The chancellor said the decision is "causing real hardship for people now", with higher inflation, weaker economic growth and lower tax receipts among the potential consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The research offers new insight into how agriculture reshaped societies and how people coped with long periods of hardship.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Immigrant rights groups said the new federal guidelines create severe economic hardship for immigrant commercial drivers in California, who are lawfully qualified to work but cannot obtain licenses, exacerbating a truck driver shortage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
But during times of hardship, the regime has often been willing to consider the worms as returning butterflies, tapping hard currency from visiting Cuban-Americans without giving up political control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
She honestly didn’t see that it was any hardship for me to sleep on the floor.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
