harsh
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Altera CEO Chris Brett told me that in the industry the environment west of Shetland is considered "as harsh as you get anywhere in the world."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Asked why he chose to be subjected to such harsh criticism for four years, Hillman said, “My father was on me from the time of T-ball. He said constructive criticism was good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
In a Thursday note, Thill called the market’s reaction “too harsh and not reflective of fundamentals.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
This diversity is driven by diverse habitats: harsh deserts, vast grasslands, dense forests, towering mountains, lush coastlines and teeming seas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
That may sound harsh, or like I don’t care—but it’s the opposite.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
When voters began asking less for harsher courts, however, the election year effect declined.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
At the same time, they have become progressively vitriolic toward anyone who notes that the era’s realities were much harsher than what was shown on Nick at Nite sitcoms.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the wake of PC Harper's death, Lissie Harper campaigned for harsher sentences for the manslaughter of emergency workers on duty.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Before former President Joe Biden named Khan to lead the FTC in 2021, she was best known for a law review article arguing for harsher enforcement of antitrust laws against companies like Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He withdrew his hand, more gently this time; his voice was harsher than usual.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
How they reinvented themselves out of the world's harshest headlines, and found redemption in the smallest of Scottish communities.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
North Korea has for decades defied some of the harshest sanctions in the world aimed at forcing its leaders to give up its nuclear and long-range missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Some of the harshest treatment of these girls was from other women, and that is something which I found very hard to reconcile,” O’Brien said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They formed an essential part of the survival strategies that enabled people to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
That memory stirs my harshest feelings toward Mr. Loomis.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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