Herculean
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This tie is far from over, even if it is going to take a herculean effort from Newcastle at the Nou Camp next week.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
On Friday, SpaceX asked U.S. regulators for approval to launch up to 1 million satellites as orbital data centers, which would be a herculean effort.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026
“It’s not been herculean, that’s for sure,” said Porter, 82, who spent more than 40 years with the company and last served as its vice president of engineering and operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Tyler Finkle, a structural engineer who has restored offshore lighthouses across the country, said that while restoration seems “like a herculean task,” it is doable.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
I walked into bio the next day, prepared to make the herculean effort to be an aloof, boring lab partner yet again, when the whole thing finally just fell apart.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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