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Such an expensive project will be a hard sell during these slow economic times.
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The company has tried pivoting to a subscription model, but that has proven to be a hard sell.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The last scene is Garcelle going to bother Boz in her sick bed, and Garcelle gives Boz the hard sell on why Dorit is annoying.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Forming a local committee wasn’t a hard sell, said Jennifer Cacciapaglia, director of that Rockford office, which is in Winnebago County.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2025
This particular tension is unlikely to go away; slow, dogmatic passing football has always been a hard sell in a stadium where arch-pragmatists like Mourinho and Antonio Conte were so enthusiastically embraced.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The last scene is Garcelle going to bother Boz in her sick bed, and Garcelle gives Boz the hard sell on why Dorit is annoying.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Forming a local committee wasn’t a hard sell, said Jennifer Cacciapaglia, director of that Rockford office, which is in Winnebago County.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2025
This particular tension is unlikely to go away; slow, dogmatic passing football has always been a hard sell in a stadium where arch-pragmatists like Mourinho and Antonio Conte were so enthusiastically embraced.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Hard sell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20sell. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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