hard up

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Recent Examples of hard up Cleveland Browns Stadium, hard up against the Science Center lawn, was plunged into darkness. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024 Once the timing of the case pushed hard up against a national election in which Trump was likely to run, forbearance would have been the proper and public-spirited course. Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024 Considering the Heat’s position hard up against the second apron of the punitive luxury tax, 10–day contracts stand as a means to pay only when needed, 10 days at a time, at the veteran-minimum, scale. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024 The Habs are getting there, incrementally, and GM Kent Hughes might have to consider surrendering the No. 5 pick if one of the 10-12 clubs hard up against the cap offers an overpayment in terms of legit NHL players under contract. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for hard up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard up
Adjective
  • The Texans’ offensive line was mostly poor this season, unable to consistently protect Stroud.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Understand that poor sleep hygiene can negatively impact the quantity and quality of sleep.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Guatemala, a small, impoverished nation scarred by a brutal civil war, has a substantial undocumented population in the United States.
    Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The workshop's initial mission was to provide a trade for widows and other impoverished Palestinian women.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Seeger invites the broke musician to stay on his couch and into the heart of his family and takes him under his wing.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • About half of participants lost money, and 1 in 6 went broke.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Hard up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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