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they will be hard-pressed to come up with any facts that actually support their argument
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This did, unfortunately, mean that Google was hard-pressed to provide a definitive answer without knowing the sending domain or seeing any example email messages.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Kansas City has been hard-pressed to find a second receiver that can match Hopkins, and that might be the case now.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
But Chicago will be hard-pressed to improve literacy results without libraries.
—Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
Simply put, the Hurricanes will be hard-pressed to avoid an upset.
—Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Kansas City has been hard-pressed to find a second receiver that can match Hopkins, and that might be the case now.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
But Chicago will be hard-pressed to improve literacy results without libraries.
—Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
Simply put, the Hurricanes will be hard-pressed to avoid an upset.
—Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Hard-pressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-pressed. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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