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It’s normal for equities to have a tough time around Federal Reserve transitions, says RBC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“This is a tough league,” catcher Dalton Rushing said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Yet Warsh’s unwillingness to open up about his views disappointed investors, and sparked questions about whether he would take the necessary action to back up his tough talk on inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

He has probably thought it was a tough enough job anyway, but it is just getting tougher.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Getting all the way to that mesa is going to be tough, Res,” Fly says.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

The entrepreneur, who for security reasons asked that neither he nor the specific nature of his business be identified, initially thought the calls were coming from neighborhood toughs pretending to have links to crime groups.

From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022

Mr. Lee joined the police at age 19 after a childhood encounter with local street toughs instilled in him a sense of law and order, he once recounted.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

The hodgepodge of grievances brings to mind a scene from the 1953 movie “The Wild One,” about a gang of motorcycle toughs who invade a small California town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

There’s nothing zany about “Harlem Shuffle,” but Whitehead has cast this novel with toughs like Chet the Vet, who flashes gold canines, and Miami Joe, who wears a high-waisted purple suit.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021

Since there was no applause from Fern and me the first time around, she started up again, as zombielike as she could, to imitate the toughs standing around outside the pool hall.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

“In fact, the legal threat is much greater in the U.K. because the libel laws are tougher in the U.K. So there was no fear around putting it out in the U.S.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The large number of music festivals held in the UK makes the industry "tougher to survive" here than in other countries, one festival founder has said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Despite the disruptions, the government introduced legislation in the lower house seeking tougher penalties for examination paper leaks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

However, unlike in 2023 and earlier this year, it’s been tougher to quickly dislodge 5% 30-year Treasury yields once they hit, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

He was very skinny indeed, but apparently a lot tougher than he looked, because he climbed up onto the side of the ship, stretched out his arms, and dived, right into the lake.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

And new data reveals the toughest markets where homeowners are finding it hard to sell their house.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

May's sanctions on brokers are the toughest measures taken by officials in years to plug loopholes that people long used to bypass capital controls.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Now, the Americans have to figure out how to replace Balogun against Belgium, their toughest opponent to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

He could remember the toughest calculus formulas and had nearly perfect pitch as a musician, but he literally could not remember to put his pants on.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride