hardship
Example Sentences
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Younger workers are facing particular hardship, officials said, especially those who are paying student loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
The album's title, Arirang, is also the name of Korea's most beloved folk song, a sentimental anthem about moving from hardship towards something better.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 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
The curfew too, at first, was no hardship for us, since it was originally set at 10:00 P.M., long after we were indoors in any case.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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