as in hardscrabble
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Adjective
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Luke Richardson tried in vain to coax that tenacity out of him in the NHL, often pairing him with hardscrabble players to encourage a tougher mindset.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025 -
The film’s setting also helps transcend time, evoking the smallness of its hardscrabble world, filled with the details of the period.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
7 July 2024
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Nearby, next to some avocado trees, Kristopher Carbone’s generator let out a final distressed sputter.—
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Police in Greensboro, North Carolina, are urging the community to share any information related to the case of Marissa Carmichael, a Black mother of five who vanished one year ago on Jan. 14, 2024, from an Exxon gas station shortly after making a distressed call to 911.—
Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s high-end real estate ambitions with GOP connections Gen Z employees are stressed, depressed, and burnt out: Study Netflix keeps raising prices.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
22 Jan. 2025
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The study also reveals that 46 percent of Gen Z felt stressed (compared to the 35 percent employee average), 35 percent felt depressed (compared to 20 percent average), 44 percent felt burned out (compared to 34 percent), and 30 percent felt isolated (compared to 22 percent).—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Based on the real fundamentals, the stock price would be in the low, single digits - just a fraction of its current price. Worse, the company is living hand-to-mouth because of the minuscule revenues, large negative earnings, and high cash outflow.—
John S. Tobey,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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The brand recommends using them in tandem with NRTs to satiate the hand-to-mouth habit of vaping.—
Lina Abascal,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
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“Poorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorish. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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