uphill battle

noun

: a very difficult struggle

Starting her own business has proven to be an uphill battle.

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However, over a month later, the film is still seeking distribution, as several of the screening’s attendees told The Hollywood Reporter that Megalopolis will face an uphill battle. —Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024

The stakes are high for the Democrats and their uphill battle to maintain control of the Senate. —Lucas E. Wright, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024

The housing market, for instance, remains an uphill battle for many young adults who struggle to build wealth due to student loans and inflation. —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 May 2024

Campaigns aimed at getting candidates to pay attention to new American voters face an uphill battle, said Francisco Pedraza, a professor at Arizona State University in the School of Politics and Global Studies. —Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024

White House officials are also studying proposals to make all vendors, not just federal contractors, liable for security failures, but that effort faces an uphill battle in Congress. —Eric Geller, WIRED, 1 May 2024

As Skoll’s message suggests, Participant and companies like it face an uphill battle in the current media landscape. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024

John Mark Newman, a University of Miami School of Law professor and former deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, said that the plaintiffs face an uphill battle claiming a monopoly. —Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024

City officials have been working for months to try to halt the landslide complex’s movement — fighting an uphill battle against water infiltration, which causes the shifting ground. —Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024