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hardship

[hahrd-ship] / ˈhɑrd ʃɪp /


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The former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks Mark Lamarr has been banned from driving despite claiming it would cause him "exceptional hardship".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The Great Depression spawned mass unemployment and economic hardship, but it was also the era of Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck, “Gone With the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 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

“I was talking to his hardship on the phone a moment ago.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley