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• The first few months of parenting hit hard for Easar Forghany and Melody Kim.
  — Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• In fast water, the fish hit hard on nearly any shiny thing.
  — David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
• Two years ago, when tech stocks got hit hard, the shares held up far better than those of its peers.
  — Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• The western part of the district has been hit hard by numerous droughts over the last few years.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• But when rates are rising, bond prices can get hit hard, too, as happened in 2022.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
• Seems like Beaver baseball will be hit hard by the implosion.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
• But when Covid shut down much of the U.S. just weeks later, the events company was inevitably hit hard.
  — Alex York, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• This recurring theme of silence around suicide and the struggle to find the right words hit hard.
  — Sandra L. Rostirolla, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2023
• The sand dune project came to be after Salisbury Beach had been hit hard by storms over the past couple of months.
  — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• That means the bank has been hit hard by the broader crypto industry’s failings over the last year.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2023
• Bumgarner was hit hard in his first start of the year, giving up five runs in four innings.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• At the start of the pandemic, nursing home residents and staff were hit hard.
  — Patrick Raycraft, Hartford Courant, 28 Dec. 2022
• Farms were hit hard, just after many growers endured a hard freeze in May.
  — Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2023
• Since the start of the year, media, tech and video gaming industries have been hit hard by layoffs.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• Some of those hit hard were short sellers, who bet that a stock price is too high and who profit from its decline.
  — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
• Toyota’s sales were hit hard by the scandal, which has now persisted for more than a year.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 31 July 2024
• Draper was hit hard by flooding across the city, the city government said in a news release.
  — Siena Duncan, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The fastball has been hit hard this season but the curveball has induced whiffs at a 60 percent rate.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
• Banks and home lenders have been hit hard by higher borrowing costs and aren’t looking for much help.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Hedge funds and retirement accounts alike would be hit hard.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
• Right-hander Ryne Stanek, who was traded from Seattle last month to bolster the Mets’ bullpen, was hit hard right away.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
• When the crypto market fell sharply in mid-2022, BlockFi was also hit hard.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
• The company had hoped to fly the ship all the way to the surface of Indian Ocean, where it was expected to hit hard and explode.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Once a darling of the Covid-19 pandemic, Zoom stock has been hit hard over the last year as workers have returned to offices.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
• The ball traveled high in the sky and wasn't hit hard, giving Ryan McKenna plenty of time to prepare to throw home as Vierling tagged up.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2023
• Like many other states, Arizona was hit hard by the pandemic.
  — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• Like many places, Vermont has been hit hard this year by extreme weather linked to climate change.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• But Netflix’s stock has been hit hard over the past year due to concerns that its business model isn’t profitable enough.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 May 2023
• That eight-play, 55-yard possession was notable for Mendoza leaving the game after opting against a slide and being hit hard at the end of a 22-yard scramble.
  — Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
• The city was hit hard by the storm, mostly by floodwaters that knocked out its water system and washed out roads, temporarily isolating Asheville.
  — NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024