Herculean

Example Sentences

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With many projects in various stages of development and completion, officials on Monday also applauded Southern Californians for their herculean conservation efforts.

From Los Angeles Times

“It will take a herculean collective policy effort to restore growth in the next decade to the average of the previous one,” the World Bank said in the report.

From New York Times

Schmidt undertook the herculean task of capturing and measuring juvenile eels across the Northern Atlantic and published his results a century ago.

From Salon

After a federal trial that the judge, Richard J. Leon, called “historic,” “epic” and “herculean,” he issued an opinion on June 12, 2018, rejecting all the government’s arguments.

From New York Times

As the United States emerges from the crisis of a once-in-a-generation pandemic, it’s clear that the task of addressing the core issues of cost and access to health care is herculean.

From Washington Post