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the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody
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The president told The Scott Jennings Radio Show that the concession resulted from his hard-nosed negotiating skills.
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Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The film stages its riot of activity as hard-nosed honesty, but its portrait is ultimately as ginned-up and inexact as the fictional news broadcast’s lurid prying.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Assume the role of the hard-nosed journalist, skeptical investor, or cautious head of HR.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Both of those are hard-nosed defenses, similar to the playing style Peppers has always brought to the field.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The film stages its riot of activity as hard-nosed honesty, but its portrait is ultimately as ginned-up and inexact as the fictional news broadcast’s lurid prying.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Assume the role of the hard-nosed journalist, skeptical investor, or cautious head of HR.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Both of those are hard-nosed defenses, similar to the playing style Peppers has always brought to the field.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Hard-nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-nosed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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