tough job

Example Sentences

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"But nobody's doing it on purpose. It's a tough job to be a groundsman."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The Pakistani intermediaries who will be shuttling between the two delegations have a tough job on their hands.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The decline in confidence is amplified by the tough job market for recent graduates and uncertainty about the role of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They see a second reason for the sell-off tied to an increasingly tough job of trying to value AI in public markets.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

Several writers had provided stories for the ambitious outline, and William Faulkner had the tough job of smoothing out its clunky transitions and pulling the whole thing together.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein