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The Trunk is a more complex slow-burn compared to the traditional K-drama, trading the surety of a confident love story for something quieter and more hard-won.
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
And that quality was hard-won for the Lovell sisters.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2025
But much of her spiritual growth was involuntary and hard-won.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The minimum wage — hard-won by labor — is not supposed to codify the absolute lowest amount employers can get away with paying.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
Fans and those in the industry who have been rooting for Hill know her peace is hard-won.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
After telling the audience about her childhood dreams, Cher addressed how her success in music was hard-won.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
No matter how devastating these stories get, what binds all of them together is a sense of hope — stubborn, hard-won, fainter at certain times than others but always undeniably there.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
And that quality was hard-won for the Lovell sisters.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2025
But much of her spiritual growth was involuntary and hard-won.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The minimum wage — hard-won by labor — is not supposed to codify the absolute lowest amount employers can get away with paying.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
Fans and those in the industry who have been rooting for Hill know her peace is hard-won.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
After telling the audience about her childhood dreams, Cher addressed how her success in music was hard-won.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
No matter how devastating these stories get, what binds all of them together is a sense of hope — stubborn, hard-won, fainter at certain times than others but always undeniably there.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Hard-won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-won. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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