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Adjective
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With a hardscrabble happy ending.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026 -
Vérité-realistic portrait of hardscrabble immigrant life this film is not.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Clark was accused of lacking transparency regarding the city’s distressed finances, with some critics calling for his resignation.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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But there are also two big programs that came out of that distressed period.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Single bunnies can be lonely and depressed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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There was also research, which Meta eventually halted, implying that people who curbed their use of Facebook became less depressed and anxious.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Telmisartan was also linked to reduced levels of PD-L1, a protein in tumor cells that helps to escape immune attack.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At the start of The Big Fake, a Netflix dramatization of one criminal’s involvement in the most tumultuous events in post-war Italy, Toni Chichiarelli (Pietro Castellitto) is a talented painter living hand-to-mouth as a portrait artist on the streets of Rome.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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The occupants of this Neolithic housing development were not hand-to-mouth hunter-gatherers but settled inhabitants of a fertile floodplain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Poorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorish. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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